281 - Fred DEUX (1924–2015)

Fred DEUX (1924–2015) From Disappearance to Reappearance, 2006 Graphite and watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right H_28 cm W_18 cm Provenance: - Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris. - Acquired from the gallery by the current owner. Comparative Bibliography: - Fred Deux, l'œuvre graphique, exhibition catalog, Musée Cantini, Marseille; École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, 1989–1990. - Bernard Noël, *Fred Deux: La chair du double*, Éditions La Différence / Cercle d’Art. - *Fred Deux: L’alter ego*, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2004. - *Traits d’union*, Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris, 2007. - Fred Deux. Rustling Drawings, Whispered Thoughts, Alain Margaron éditeur, Paris, 2013. - The World of Fred Deux, Lyon Museum of Fine Arts, Lienart Éditions, Paris, 2017. Note: The title directly reflects one of the central themes of Fred Deux’s late work: the emergence, disappearance, and transmission of life. The highly precise graphite lines interact with the watercolor in an image where the figure seems to simultaneously take shape and dissolve.