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Quartiers inégaux et réservés

Painting

Author

By (artist) Édouard-Léon-Théodore Mesens

Description

"[...] Beginning in 1954, his collages became violent and meticulous, the material never giving in to the argument, which lends his work an insolence which is completely new to the plastic arts. A delicate poem, whose playful casualness renders absurd a worried nostalgia, tinged with spleen [...]" Robert Benayoun (Milan, Galerie Schwarz, Exposition internationale du surréalisme, 1961, s.p.).

Bibliography

- A.M. Lobbestaei, Prof. Dr M. De Maeyer (Promotor), E.L.T.Mesens. Situering van de figuur in de dadaistische - en surrealistische tijdsgeest - Stylistische analyse van het plastisch œuvre. Bijlagen. Proefschrift aangeboden tot het bekomen van de graad van licentiaat in de Kunstgeschiedenis en Oudheidkunde. Sektie Plastische Kunsten, Gent, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, 1974-1975, n° 28

Creation date1954
Date of publication 1954
LanguagesFrench
Physical description33,7 x 22,8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 in.) - Quatre gouaches et collages sur carton
Copyright© ADAGP, Paris, 2005.
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 4364
Keywords, ,
CategoriesModern Paintings
Permanent linkhttps://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100332400