84 - Serge Vollin (French, born in 1946)

Serge Vollin (French, born in 1946) PKM, 1999 Mixed media, watercolor and ink. Signed, dated 1999. Height 77, Width 62 cm. Included: - Serge Vollin (French, born 1946), “Laurent heureux,” 2005, pastels on paper, signed, titled, and dated, H. 42 W. 30 cm. - Philippe Dereux (French, 1918–2001), “Fronton de gloire,” enhanced print, signed and artist’s proof, titled, and inscribed “Fronton de gloire personalized for the Ferdière dormitory in August 1988.” H. 58 W. 78 cm. Signs of moisture. Provenance: collection of Laurent Danchin (1946–2017), writer, essayist, and art critic, passed down through the family. Born in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria, Serge Vollin began drawing at the age of eight to process the traumas of the Algerian War, before settling in France and later in Munich. His body of work—more than 1,700 pieces created without preliminary sketches—blends modern art, art brut, and art therapy. Laurent Danchin wrote the essay “Mes Aurès / My Aures” in the catalog raisonné of Serge Vollin’s work, Volume 1 (Objet trouvé éditeur, 2004). Born in Lyon. A schoolteacher, Dereux assisted Jean Dubuffet in Vence beginning in 1955. Beginning in 1959, he created works using fruit and vegetable peels. He glued them onto cardboard and enhanced them with gouache. He published a *Petit traité des épluchures* based on this work.