Henri Michaux (1899–1984 Follow)
MP 1269, 1984
Oil on canvas laid on cardboard
16 × 22 cm
At the end of his life, Michaux starts his first experiments with oil painting, abandoning his India ink abstract calligraphies for the first time. He is initiated in oil paintiong...
At the end of his life, Michaux starts his first experiments with oil painting, abandoning his India ink abstract calligraphies for the first time. He is initiated in oil paintiong by his friend, Pierre Soulages, and creates a few oil paintings, of which this is a rare example.
Provenance
Micheline Phankim (artist's companion)Consigned in 1999 to the Marwan Hoss gallery, Paris
Private collection, Paris, acquired from the former.
Exhibitions
1999, Paris, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Henri Michaux, repr. p. 24-25 du catalogue.Publications
Certificate by Mrs. Micheline Phankim dated 03/10/ 1999. Will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently in preparation.1
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