Homme Assis Artist: Jean Hélion (French, 1904–1987)

1947

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Charcoal on primed canvas

Dimensions

45 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (115.57 × 80.01 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.52.44

Culture

French

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Cathleen Chaffee, Eye on a Century: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 172, ill
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007), 239
  • Bruno Racine et al., Jean Hélion, ed. Didier Ottinger, exh. cat. (London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2004), 150
Object copyright
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

man sitting

Signed

Signed and dated 1947

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