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Charles FILIGER (1863-1928) Thistles, 1890 Gouache on cardboard, in the form of a crest, signed, located and dated "Pouldu 1890" in the upper left corner. 17 x 13 cm Provenance: André Breton sale, Calmels-Cohen, Paris, 21/04/2003, n°4286. Exhibition: - Charles Filiger, Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg, 1990. Rep. p.37, n°40, p.166 - Charles Filiger André Breton " A la recherche de l'art magique ", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, 2006. Described and reproduced under n°1, p30. "When Filiger died in 1928, he joined this beyond to which he had always aspired, but it seems that Filiger kept this mysterious power whose ascendancy was felt by those who approached him. It is undoubtedly necessary to see the proof in the fact that André Breton arranged his works around his bed to receive the beneficial protection of it " Pierre Cabanne in Arts, December 1962.
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Charles FILIGER (1863-1928) Thistles, 1890 Gouache on cardboard, in the form of a crest, signed, located and dated "Pouldu 1890" in the upper left corner. 17 x 13 cm Provenance: André Breton sale, Calmels-Cohen, Paris, 21/04/2003, n°4286. Exhibition: - Charles Filiger, Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg, 1990. Rep. p.37, n°40, p.166 - Charles Filiger André Breton " A la recherche de l'art magique ", Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, 2006. Described and reproduced under n°1, p30. "When Filiger died in 1928, he joined this beyond to which he had always aspired, but it seems that Filiger kept this mysterious power whose ascendancy was felt by those who approached him. It is undoubtedly necessary to see the proof in the fact that André Breton arranged his works around his bed to receive the beneficial protection of it " Pierre Cabanne in Arts, December 1962.
