Sale 5409
Paris
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5 July 2005
Price realised
EUR 1,920
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
JEAN HELION (1904-1987) Vanité au guéridon signé des initiales et daté 'H. 57' (en haut à droite); signé et daté 'Hélion 57' (au dos) huile sur toile 34 x 19 cm. (13 1/3 x 7½ in.) Peint en 1957
Provenance
Acquis directement auprès de la succession de l'artiste, circa 1987.
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Literature
H.C. Cousseau, Hélion, Paris, 1992, p. 329 (illustré).
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Post Lot Text
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