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Henri Michaux

(Belgium, 1899-1984)
Estimate
50 000 - 60 000 SEK
4 810 - 5 780 EUR
5 540 - 6 650 USD
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Henri Michaux
(Belgium, 1899-1984)

"Arrachements"

Signed HM. Executed in 1968. Acrylic on paper 55.5 x 75 cm. The work is registered with the Archives Michaux under archive number: hm6770.

Exhibitions

Galerie Le point Cardinal, Paris, 1968.
Wuppertal, Germany, Henri Michaux Retrospective, 27 April - 1 June 1969.
Saint-Étienne, France, Henri Michaux Retrospective, 24 June - 22 September, 1969.
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1973.
The Seibo Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Henri Michaux", 2 January - 21 February 1983, cat. no. 122.
Galerie Olsson, Stockholm, "Henri Michaux painting 1937-82", cat. no. 21.

Literature

Galerie Le point Cardinal, Paris, in 1968, depicted in the catalogue.
Wuppertal, Germany, Henri Michaux Retrospective, 27 April - 1 June 1969, depicted in catalogue p. 40.
Saint-Étienne, France, Henri Michaux Retrospective, 24 June - 22 September, 1969, depicted in catalogue p. 40.
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover 1973, depicted as no. VIII 13, p. 160 in the catalogue.
Erker-Verlag, St Gallen, "Michaux", 1973, depicted in the catalogue with no. VIII 13.
The Seibo Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Henri Michaux", 2 January - 21 February 1983, depicted p. 96.
Galerie Olsson, Stockholm, "Henri Michaux paintings 1937-82", depicted.

More information

The serie of works "Arrachements" were executed in Paris in May 1968 at the time of the student uprising in Quartier Latin.