Details
Christian Bérard (1902-1949)
Melpomène
oil on canvas
24 x 20in. (61 x 50.8cm.)
Painted circa 1947-48, this is a portrait of madame Hersent née Hélène Anavi. A friend of Bérard and Kochno, Hélène Anavi was an important collector of Surrealist and Post-War art.For another portrait of Hélène Anavi, dated 1948, see Sale, Sotheby's London, The Hélène Anavi Collection of Surrealist and Post-War Art, 27th March 1984, lot 134
Melpomène
oil on canvas
24 x 20in. (61 x 50.8cm.)
Painted circa 1947-48, this is a portrait of madame Hersent née Hélène Anavi. A friend of Bérard and Kochno, Hélène Anavi was an important collector of Surrealist and Post-War art.For another portrait of Hélène Anavi, dated 1948, see Sale, Sotheby's London, The Hélène Anavi Collection of Surrealist and Post-War Art, 27th March 1984, lot 134
Provenance
Galerie Lucie Weill, Paris (No.25)
Literature
Kochno 1987, p.132, no.131, (illustrated)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Lucie Weill, 1983, no.51 (illustrated)