HENRI MICHAUX (1899-1984)
Belgian-French painter and poet, Michaux was born in Namur, Belgium and studied medicine at Brussels University. After a stint in the merchant navy Michaux began writing in 1922. In 1924 he moved to Paris and after seeing works by Klee, de Chirico and Max Ernst produced his first oil paintings. After a period of extensive travel, chronicled in the books Ecuador and A Barbarian in Asia, Michaux began exhibiting extensively in Paris galleries while continuing to write prolifically. In 1960 he won the Einaudi Prize at the Venice Biennale and in 1965 he was awarded the Grand Prix National des Lettres in recognition of his services to painting and literature, but he refused to accept it. Michaux is not easy to classify, either as an artist or as a poet. His twin oeuvres are completely individual and do not fit into any of the established artistic categories. For him, painting began where poetry left off.
E247-Untitled composition
lithograph: black
347 x 243 mm
Signed lower right: H. Michaux
Lower left: 17/60
Date: 1974
Reference: Mason, Rainer Michael & Christophe Cherix., Henri Michaux, Les Estampes, 1948-1984, 1997 (106)
Custom matted and framed
E248-Untitled composition
lithograph: black
253 x 183 mm
Signed lower right: H. Michaux
Lower left: 15/60
Date: 1974
Reference: Mason, Rainer Michael & Christophe Cherix., Henri Michaux, Les Estampes, 1948-1984, 1997 (120)
Custom matted and framed
E249-Untitled composition
lithograph: black
215 x 263 mm
Signed lower right: H. Michaux
Lower left: 49/70
Date: 1984
Reference: Mason, Rainer Michael & Christophe Cherix., Henri Michaux, Les Estampes, 1948-1984, 1997 (197)
Custom matted and framed
E250-Untitled composition
lithograph: black
292 x 246 mm
Signed lower right: H. Michaux
Lower left: 5/70
Date: 1984
Reference: Mason, Rainer Michael & Christophe Cherix., Henri Michaux, Les Estampes, 1948-1984, 1997 (200)
Custom matted and framed
E251-Untitled composition
lithograph: black
302 x 250 mm
Signed lower right: H. Michaux
Lower left: 10/70
Date: 1984
Reference: Mason, Rainer Michael & Christophe Cherix., Henri Michaux, Les Estampes, 1948-1984, 1997 (202)
Custom matted and framed
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