an old drawing of a man standing in front of a body of watera framed drawing of a man standing in front of a white wall
ALEXANDRE LANDRE - PARIS

26 - Fred DEUX (1924–2015)
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Estimate €300 - €500
Description
Fred DEUX (1924–2015) Hostage, 1965 Ink and watercolour on paper Signed and dated lower right H 21.8 cm W 14 cm Provenance: - Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris. - Acquired from the gallery by the current owner. Comparative bibliography: - Fred Deux, l’œuvre graphique, exhibition catalogue, Musée Cantini, Marseille; École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, 1989–1990. - Bernard Noël, Fred Deux: La chair du double, Éditions La Différence / Cercle d’Art. - Fred Deux. L’alter ego, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2004. - Traits d’union, Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris, 2007. - Fred Deux. Dessins bruissants, pensées murmurées, Alain Margaron éditeur, Paris, 2013. - Le Monde de Fred Deux, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lienart Éditions, Paris, 2017. Note: In the mid-1960s, Fred Deux developed a body of work which he titled ‘Otages’. The term marks the emergence, in his drawings, of increasingly organic and anthropomorphic forms: embryonic bodies, cells, ramifications and figures that appear to be trapped within the graphic framework.
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Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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