Jean-Michel ATLAN (1913-1960) Untitled, 1947 Oil on isorel. Signed and dated lower right. 50 x 73 cm Provenance : - Galerie Maeght, Paris. - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris. - Sale by Me Briest, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 18, 1988, no. 386. - Galerie Daniel Besseiche, Paris. - Galerie Matignon Fine Art, Paris. - Private collection, Paris. Acquired from the above. Exhibition: Atlan, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, April - June 1989, catalog, reproduced p. 21. Bibliography: - Atlan premières périodes 1940-1954, Paris, Éditions Adam Biro, 1989, reproduced p. 156. - Denise Atlan, Camille Atlan and Jacques Polieri, Atlan: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1996, no. 70, reproduced p. 182. A certificate from Madame Camille Atlan, dated April 25, 1988, will be given to the buyer.

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