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25 - Jean HELION (1904–1987)
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Estimate €60,000 - €80,000
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Jean HELION (1904–1987) The Pumpkin in the Studio, 1957–58 Oil on canvas. Monogrammed in the lower left-hand corner. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 130 x 195 cm Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Castel, Paris (label on the reverse). Exhibitions: - Jean Hélion, The Leicester Galleries, London, June 1965, Catalogue, no. 28, reproduced, unpaginated. - Hélion, Nineteen paintings selected by Max Clarac-Sérou and with commentary by Jean-Pierre Burgart, Pierre Bruguière, André du Bouchet, Alain Jouffroy, Francis Ponge, Pierre Schneider and Christian Zervos, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 21 October – 18 November 1966, Catalogue, no. 11, reproduced. - Hélion – One Hundred Paintings 1928–1970, Grand Palais, Paris, 11 December 1970 – 1 February 1971, Catalogue, reproduced on p. 69 (label on the reverse). - Jean Hélion, Abstraction and Myths of Everyday Life – Paintings, Drawings, Gouaches 1925–1983, Stadtische Galerie im Lembachhaus, Munich, 29 August – 21 September 1984. - Hélion, Paintings and Drawings 1925–1983, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 15 November 1984 – 6 January 1985, Catalogue, no. 149, reproduced on p. 164 (label on the reverse). - Jean Hélion, IVAM, Julio Gonzales Centre, Valencia, Spain, 27 March – 31 May 1990. - Jean Hélion, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, 24 August – 21 October 1990, Catalogue, no. 35, reproduced on p. 92. This work is listed in Jean Hélion’s online Catalogue Raisonné: https://associationjeanhelion.fr
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