Jean Hélion (Couterne 1904-1987 Paris), Dos au pain, 1952. Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm. Applicat-Prazan at TEFAF 2016 © TEFAF Maastricht, 2015

Provenance: Private collection, France

Literature: Hervé Bize, Editions Cercle d’Art, collection découvrons l’art, Helion, Paris, 2004, no. 45, ill.; Pleine marge, no. 49-50, oct. 2009, Jed Perl (Hélion’s Freedom) and Pierre Brullé (Façons de peindre, façons de penser), ill. p. 29; Jacqueline Hélion and Mark Vail, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint de Jean Hélion, Telquatre Informatique, no. 671

Exhibitions: Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Hélion: Les années 50, 8 May - 28 June 1980, cat., ill. pp. col., ill. fp. col. as poster for the exhibition; Luxemburg, Musée de L’Etat, Jean Hélion, tableaux 1929-1982, 24 Sept.-24 Oct. 1982, cat. no. 24, ill. fp. col. as poster for the exhibition; Metz, Musée de la Cour d’Or, Peintres contents d’eux-mêmes: le regard d’un collectionneur, 30 June-2 Oct. 1995, cat. no. 20, ill. col. p. 67

André Masson ( Balagny-sur-Thérain 1896-1987 Paris), Portrait de Rose, Circa 1944-45. Oil on canvas, 69 x 56 cm. Applicat-Prazan at TEFAF 2016 © TEFAF Maastricht, 2015

Provenance: Estate of the artist; Private collection, Switzerland

Literature: This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the catalogue raisonné of the Artist's work being prepared by the Comité André Masson

Applicat-Prazan (stand 444) - Director: Franck Prazan

Since its creation, Applicat´s vocation has always been to exhibit and support the Paris School of the 50s and more especially the Abstract, Cobra and Surrealist movements. Due to its action outside the Parisian gallery, it has contributed towards reviving unquestionably new ideas, but that the last two decades had unfortunately forgotten. Today, that period of the history of Art has rightfully found its place: an essential place 

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