Lot 179: MARCEL MARIËN | Si vous ne trouvez pas cela ridicule, c'est que vous n'y comprenez rien

pipe and hairpin on panel

19.5 x 24.4 cm; 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.

pipe and hairpin on panel

Plastic elements and hairpin attached to the artist's mount. All the elements are intact and stable. There is some staining to the canvas to the surface above the tip of the hairpin. There is some slight dirty marks and loss to the artist's frame. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, L'Artiste pris à la lettre, 1980-81
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Mariën, 1985
Antwerp, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Les Mots et les Images, 1992
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, René Magritte et la pensée, 1993
Vienna, Kunsthalle, Die Sprache der Kunst, 1993

Le cache-sexe des Anges, Brussels, 1978, illustrated p. 48

Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
Sale: Christie's, Amsterdam, June 1, 1995, lot 205 (possibly)
Chantal and Guy Heytens, Monaco (and sold: Sotheby's, Paris, July 3, 2007, lot 91)
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt