3483 - ALFRED MANESSIER

ALFRED MANESSIER (Saint-Ouen 1911–1993 Orléans) Homage to the Holy Poet John of the Cross. 1958. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left: Manessier 58, and signed lower right: Manessier. Additionally, signed and titled on the reverse: HOMMAGE AU SAINT POETE JEAN DE LA CROIX Manessier. 200 × 150 cm. Provenance: - Artist’s studio. - Galerie de France, Paris. - Charles Laughton Collection. - Parke-Bernet auction, New York City, October 20, 1966, lot 38. - Sotheby’s auction, London, October 18, 1990, lot 45. - Private collection, Avignon. - Sotheby’s auction, London, June 27, 1996, lot 151. - Galerie Eterso, Paris. - Darga & Lansberg Gallery, Paris. - Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above gallery in 1999. - Private collection, Switzerland; received through inheritance. Exhibited: - Paris 1959, Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, May 9–May 31, 1959, cat. no. 94. - Chartres 1999, *Les Cantiques spirituels de Saint-Jean de la Croix*, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, March 27–June 21, 1999, cat. p. 48. Literature: - Camille Bourniquel: Alfred Manessier, Mystical Painter, in: XXe Siècle. Nouvelle Série, no. 15, Paris 1960. - Josef-Paul Hodin: Manessier, Neuchâtel 1972, p. 185 (with ill.). - Josef-Paul Hodin: Manessier, Neuchâtel 1996, p. 87 (with ill.). This work was cataloged by Thérèse Manessier under the number H 470.