Lot 52
  • 52

JEAN-MICHEL ATLAN | Le Nil

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Atlan, Jean-Michel
  • Le Nil
  • signed
  • pastel on cardboard
  • 46 x 54,5 cm; 18 x 21 1/2 in.
Executed in 1957.

Provenance

Collection Marcel Arland, Paris
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Atlan, 22 January - 17 March 1963; catalogue, no. 154, illustrated

Literature

Jacques Polieri, Atlan , Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1996, no. 1503, p. 558, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although they seem more contrasted than in the original work. The work is executed on cream paper. The sheet is taped by the edges to the window mount. There are two superficial scratches visible under close inspection: one in the lower left corner and one in the upper half of the composition towards the center. This work is in very good condition.
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