Lot 191: JACQUES VILLEGLÉ | M° Chaussée d'Antin 25 mai 1980

torn posters laid down on canvas

46 x 65 cm ; 18 1/8 x 25 9/16 in.

torn posters laid down on canvas

The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate although slightly lighter than in the actual work. Traces of foxing are visible which is inherent to the medium.This work is in very good original condition.
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Nantes, Galerie Convergence, Villeglé, 1981
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Les Poètes dans la ville, Bryen éclaté, 1981
Paris, Galerie Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Villeglé- La lettre lacérée - 1954-1989, 1990
Paris, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Natalie Vallois, Jacques Villeglé, La lettre lacérée, 2007; catalogue, p. 72, illustrated in colour

Catalogue thématique des affiches lacérées de Villeglé, Volume IV, Paris, 1990, p. 63, illustrated in colour

Galerie Georges-Philippe & Natalie Vallois, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner