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Huyot, Albert. U. Paper collage on paper. Signed lower right. Numbered "37" lower center. Circa 1920. sheet dimensions: 25 x 17.5 cm. Mounted on paper and mounted under passepartout. The French painter A. Huyot (1872-1968) was a pupil of Henri Matisse. From 1912 until around 1920, Huyot created numerous collages whose formal language anticipated the aesthetics of Dadaist collages (especially Kurt Schwitters). The French art historian Gérald Schurr assumes that Huyot's collages express what Guillaume Apollinaire called "physical cubism". At the groundbreaking "First International Art Exhibition", which took place in Düsseldorf in 1922, he was represented with numerous works in the French section. - Provenance: Estate of A. Huyot - Drouot estate auction, Paris 1982 - Private collection, France. - Backing paper slightly foxed, collage with slight crease, otherwise in very good condition. VAT: #
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Huyot, Albert. U. Paper collage on paper. Signed lower right. Numbered "37" lower center. Circa 1920. sheet dimensions: 25 x 17.5 cm. Mounted on paper and mounted under passepartout. The French painter A. Huyot (1872-1968) was a pupil of Henri Matisse. From 1912 until around 1920, Huyot created numerous collages whose formal language anticipated the aesthetics of Dadaist collages (especially Kurt Schwitters). The French art historian Gérald Schurr assumes that Huyot's collages express what Guillaume Apollinaire called "physical cubism". At the groundbreaking "First International Art Exhibition", which took place in Düsseldorf in 1922, he was represented with numerous works in the French section. - Provenance: Estate of A. Huyot - Drouot estate auction, Paris 1982 - Private collection, France. - Backing paper slightly foxed, collage with slight crease, otherwise in very good condition. VAT: #
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