Lot 185
  • 185

Jean Hélion

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Hélion
  • Fille aux cheveux rouges
  • Signed Hélion and dated 44 (lower right)
  • Watercolor and brush and ink on paper laid down on board 
  • 9 by 11 7/8 in.
  • 22.8 by 30.1 cm

Provenance

Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris
Private Collection, Montreal (acquired from the above)
A gift from the above in 2014

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper which has been laid down on a cardboard mount. The right and bottom edges are deckled and there are two artist's pinholes visible at each of the four corners. The sheet is slightly dirty with minor scattered studio stains. The medium itself presents strongly. The work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is possibly a study for the oil La Fille aux cheveux jaunes from 1944.