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Nuit (II)
Details
E. L. T. Mesens (1903-1971)
Nuit (II)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Mesens/NUIT (II) 5/1958' (lower right) and signed again 'E. L. T. Mesens' (on the backboard)
ink, gouache and collage
7¼ x 5 in. (18.4 x 12.7 cm.)
Nuit (II)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Mesens/NUIT (II) 5/1958' (lower right) and signed again 'E. L. T. Mesens' (on the backboard)
ink, gouache and collage
7¼ x 5 in. (18.4 x 12.7 cm.)
Provenance
20th Century drawings & pictures sold for the benefit of The Society of African Culture; Christie's, London, 17 June 1960, lot 35.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, E.L.T. Mesens Collages, April - May 1959, pl. II.
Art News and Review, London.
Les Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
De Nieuwe Gid, Brussels.
De Antwerpse Gids, Antwerp.
Sens Plastique, Paris.
Art News and Review, London.
Les Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
De Nieuwe Gid, Brussels.
De Antwerpse Gids, Antwerp.
Sens Plastique, Paris.
Exhibited
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Three Collagists, November 1958, catalogue not traced.
London, Woodstock Gallery, Group 13 - Fellows Free Painters Group, February - March 1959, catalogue not traced.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, E.L.T. Mesens Collages, April - May 1959, catalogue not traced.
London, Woodstock Gallery, Group 13 - Fellows Free Painters Group, February - March 1959, catalogue not traced.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, E.L.T. Mesens Collages, April - May 1959, catalogue not traced.
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