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MAURICE HENRY
(1907-1984)
Le désir tombe comme une vague à l'abreuvoir

25 March 2021, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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MAURICE HENRY (1907-1984)

Le désir tombe comme une vague à l'abreuvoir
signed, titled and dated 'Le désir tombe comme une vague à l'abreuvoir, Maurice Henry, 35.' (lower right)
collage on card
30.9 x 24cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16in).
Executed in 1935

Footnotes

The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Maurice Henry.

Provenance
Private collection, Milan (a gift from the artist).

Exhibited
Milan, Galleria dei Bibliofili, Simbolismo, Surrealismo, 2 - 30 May 1972.
Milan, Galleria Zarathustra, La condizione eccentrica, December 1978 – January 1979.

Literature
M. Henry & R. Sanesi, Pièce pour Maurice Henry, Pollenza, 1979 (p. 55).

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