GASTON CHAISSAC | Totem

Private collection, Paris

Paris, Galerie de France, Collection particulière, 4 October-10 December 1994; catalogue, p.127, illustrated in coulour
Paris, Couvent des Cordeliers, Trente ans de jeune sculpture à Paris avec Denys Chevalier, 1948-1978, 16 May - 25 June 1995; catalogue, p.51
Issy-Les-Moulineux, Galerie Tristan, Nos Années 50, 18 September-30 October 2008, illustrated on the invitation card

Gaston Chaissac, exhibition catalogue at Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, 1988, pp.13, 16, illustrated
Benoît Decron, Didier Semin and Guy Tosatto, Gaston Chaissac, Poète rustique et peintre moderne, Barcelone, 2009, p.43, illustrated

A crack is visible on the wooden panel near the left eye, as visible in the catalogue illustration. There is a tiny lack of medium on the outer rim in the lower part of the work. This work is in good condition.
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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Thomas Le Guillou.