ƒ Jean Michel Atlan (1913-1960)
Composition, 1959
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated on the bottom center
Annotated on the back
146 x 88 cm
Provenance : - Roger Hauert Collection, Houston
- Private collection, Paris
- Galerie Applicat Prazan, Paris
- Purchased from the latter by the current owner
- European private collection
Exhibitions:
- Paris, Salon de Mai, "Hommage à Atlan", 1960, illustrated in the catalogue p. 3
- Zurich, Kunsthaus, "Hommage à Atlan", 1960
- Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, "Atlan rétrospective", 22 January - 17 March 1963, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue under no. 94
- Sao Paulo, 7th Sao Paulo biennial, "Homage to Atlan", September - December 1963, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue under no. 14
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, "Atlan, Retrospective", November - December 1964, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 24
Bibliography:
- M. Ragon, "Atlan", Ed. Georges Fall, Paris, 1962, illustrated p. 69
- Revue d'aujourd'hui, no. 40, January 1963, Paris, illustrated p. 8
- A. Verdet, "Renouveau du thème dans l'art contemporain, Jean-Michel Atlan (1913 - 1960)", XXe siècle, no. 21, Paris, May 1963, illustrated p. 92
- J.Polieri and K. White, "Atlan, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet", Gallimard, Milan, 1996, illustrated in color under no. 723 p. 365
- J. Derrida, "Atlan grand format", Gallimard, Paris, 2001, illustrated on the cover
