Jean FAUTRIER (1898-1964) - Lot 110

Jean FAUTRIER (1898-1964) Three pears, 1940 Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas, signed lower right H. 27 cm - L. 35 cm Minor loss of material, notably in the middle right-hand corner. Provenance : Jacqueline Jahan Collection, Paris Bibliography: Marie-José Lefort (ed.), Fautrier, catalog raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, Norma, 2023, our painting is described under no. 546 and reproduced on page 317. Exhibitions : Paris, Galerie René Drouin, 1943, no. 26 (dated 1942) (handwritten label on back) Paris, Artcurial, Centre d'art plastique contemporain, Quelque chose de très mystérieux - Intuitions esthétiques de Michel Tapié, March-May 1994 (label on back) Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, Jean Fautrier, 2014, n°61, (illustrated in color on page 92 of the joint catalog for the three Japanese exhibitions) Japan, Toyota, Toyota Municipal Museum, 2014 Japan, Osaka, The National Museum of Art, 2014