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Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming Helion catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Jean Helion Association.
Details
Jean Hélion (1904-1987)
Composition
signed 'Hélion' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35¼ x 35 5/8in. (89.5 x 89.9cm.)
Painted in 1930
Composition
signed 'Hélion' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35¼ x 35 5/8in. (89.5 x 89.9cm.)
Painted in 1930
Provenance
Galerie Pierre [Pierre Loeb], Paris (by 1932).
Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Gladys Fabre, Paris (by 1975).
Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Gladys Fabre, Paris (by 1975).
Literature
H.C. Cousseau, Helion, Paris 1992, p. 309 (illustrated).
D. Abadie, Hélion ou la force des choses, Brussels 1975, p. 42 (illustrated).
D. Abadie, Hélion ou la force des choses, Brussels 1975, p. 42 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Jean Hélion au Grand Palais - cent tableaux 1928-1970, Dec. 1970-Feb. 1971.
Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Helion Peintures et
dessins 1929-1979, Sept.-Oct. 1979, no. 10; this exhibition later travelled to Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne.
Peking, Shanghai, Nanchang, Hélion, organised by Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Sept.-Nov. 1980, no. 5.
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Jean Hélion: Abstraktion und Mythen des Alltags, Aug.-Oct. 1984, no. 19 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Valencia, Centro Julio González, Jean Hélion, March-May 1990, no. 50; this exhibition later travelled to Liverpool, The Tate Gallery.
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Années trente en Europe 1929-1939, Feb.-May 1997 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 132).
Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Helion Peintures et
dessins 1929-1979, Sept.-Oct. 1979, no. 10; this exhibition later travelled to Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne.
Peking, Shanghai, Nanchang, Hélion, organised by Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Sept.-Nov. 1980, no. 5.
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Jean Hélion: Abstraktion und Mythen des Alltags, Aug.-Oct. 1984, no. 19 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Valencia, Centro Julio González, Jean Hélion, March-May 1990, no. 50; this exhibition later travelled to Liverpool, The Tate Gallery.
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Années trente en Europe 1929-1939, Feb.-May 1997 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 132).
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