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La Noctambule (The Night Prowler)
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Edouard Léon Théodore Mesens (1903-1971)
La Noctambule (The Night Prowler)
signed, titled and dated '4/1958 E.L.T. Mesens LA NOCTAMBULE' (on a label lower centre)
assemblage, paper collage, watercolour, gouache and a feather, in artist's frame
37.5 x 37.5 x 8.5cm.
Executed in 1958
La Noctambule (The Night Prowler)
signed, titled and dated '4/1958 E.L.T. Mesens LA NOCTAMBULE' (on a label lower centre)
assemblage, paper collage, watercolour, gouache and a feather, in artist's frame
37.5 x 37.5 x 8.5cm.
Executed in 1958
Provenance
Collection Jacques Brunius, London.
Grosvenor Gallery, London.
Grosvenor Gallery, London.
Exhibited
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 3 Collagists: New work by E. L. T. Mesens, John McHale, Gwyther Irwin, 1958.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, E. L. T. Mesens collages, 1959, no. 68.
Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, E. L. T. Mesens, 1960.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Mesens, 1961, no. 5.
London, Tate Gallery, 1970.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh International Festival 1971, The Belgian Contribution to Surrealism,1971, no. 56.
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny van de Velde, Lits et Ratures, 1995.
Brussels, Château Malou, Pierre, Papier, Ciseaux, 2006.
Stekene, Verbeke Foundation, E. L. T. Mesens comme nous l'entendons, 2011.
Ostend, Mu.Zee Kunstmuseum aan zee, Het sterrenalfabet van E. L. T. Mesens. Dada en Surrealisme in Brussel, Parijs en Londen, 2013, no. 15 (illustrated, p. 9).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, E. L. T. Mesens collages, 1959, no. 68.
Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, E. L. T. Mesens, 1960.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Mesens, 1961, no. 5.
London, Tate Gallery, 1970.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh International Festival 1971, The Belgian Contribution to Surrealism,1971, no. 56.
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny van de Velde, Lits et Ratures, 1995.
Brussels, Château Malou, Pierre, Papier, Ciseaux, 2006.
Stekene, Verbeke Foundation, E. L. T. Mesens comme nous l'entendons, 2011.
Ostend, Mu.Zee Kunstmuseum aan zee, Het sterrenalfabet van E. L. T. Mesens. Dada en Surrealisme in Brussel, Parijs en Londen, 2013, no. 15 (illustrated, p. 9).
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