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Gaston Chaissac
Faire l'âne pour avoir du son, 1962.
Oil
Starting bid: € 11,000 / $ 12,980
146
Gaston Chaissac
Faire l'âne pour avoir du son, 1962.
Oil
Starting bid: € 11,000 / $ 12,980
Gaston Chaissac
1910 - 1964
Faire l'âne pour avoir du son. 1962/1963.
Oil on metal and plywood.
Upper right signed. 60 x 40 cm (23.6 x 15.7 in). [KA].
• Spontaneous, playful imagery between abstraction and figuration.
• Radical autodidact: Gaston Chaissac is regarded as an artistic maverick between Art Brut and Modernism.
• Part of an important private collection in Berlin for over 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Paris.
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (label on the reverse).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1988).
EXHIBITION: -Gaston Chaissac. Dessins, peintures, sculptures, Centre d'Art de Flaine, February 12–April 17, 1983, p. 24 (verso with label).
Gaston Chaissac 1910–1964, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, March 14–June 9, 1996; Kunsthalle Tübingen, June 22–August 11, 1996; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, November 10, 1996–January 5, 1997; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, January 25–April 6, 1997, cat. no. 152 (with full-color ill., p. 196).
In good condition. There is some minor color loss and small traces of rust on the metal, and fine craquelure in places on the curved areas. There are tiny signs of wear and studio marks on the wood. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.
1910 - 1964
Faire l'âne pour avoir du son. 1962/1963.
Oil on metal and plywood.
Upper right signed. 60 x 40 cm (23.6 x 15.7 in). [KA].
• Spontaneous, playful imagery between abstraction and figuration.
• Radical autodidact: Gaston Chaissac is regarded as an artistic maverick between Art Brut and Modernism.
• Part of an important private collection in Berlin for over 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Paris.
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (label on the reverse).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1988).
EXHIBITION: -Gaston Chaissac. Dessins, peintures, sculptures, Centre d'Art de Flaine, February 12–April 17, 1983, p. 24 (verso with label).
Gaston Chaissac 1910–1964, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, March 14–June 9, 1996; Kunsthalle Tübingen, June 22–August 11, 1996; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, November 10, 1996–January 5, 1997; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, January 25–April 6, 1997, cat. no. 152 (with full-color ill., p. 196).
In good condition. There is some minor color loss and small traces of rust on the metal, and fine craquelure in places on the curved areas. There are tiny signs of wear and studio marks on the wood. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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