305 - Henri Michaux, Figures, Heads and Abstracts, 4 signed lithographs

Henri Michaux, Figures, Heads and Abstracts, 4 signed lithographs Henri Michaux, 1899 Namur - 1984 Paris, Figures in Motion, lithograph, sheet size 38 x 28.5 cm, signed, numbered 4/60; Head, lithograph, sheet size 50.5 x 32.5 cm, signed, numbered 36/50; Abstract Composition, sheet size 50 x 32.5 cm, signed, numbered 21/50, and Abstract Composition, 50 x 32.5 cm, signed, numbered 20/50; all sheets have yellowed, partially with yellowing at the edges, otherwise in good condition About the artist: In 1919 he abandoned his medical studies and signed on as a sailor in 1920. He subsequently returned to Brussels. In 1922 he began to write. He undertook many journeys, inter alia to Ecuador, Africa, India, China, Japan and South America. In 1937, he held his first exhibition at the Galerie Pierre in Paris. Following the German invasion of Paris during the Second World War in 1940, Michaux moved from Paris to Vichy, France. In 1955, he became a French citizen. He took part in documenta 2 in 1959, documenta 3 in 1964 and documenta 6 in 1977.