78. Yannis Gaïtis (Greek, 1923-1984) La mise en boîte signé, daté et numéroté 'Gaitis/ 1971/ 1/7' (en bas à gauche) construction en bois et métal peints 128 x 117 x 35cm (50 3/8 x 46 1/16 x 13 3/4in). signed, dated and numbered (lower left) wooden and metal painted construction Provenance Etude Binoche, Paris, 1980. Bob Walker, Paris, purchased from the above sale. Private collection, New York. Sotheby's London, The Greek Sale, 15 November 2006, lot 48. Private collection, Athens. Expositions Paris, Arts-Contacts Gallery, Les Pesonnages de Gaitis, Peintures et Reliefs, October 5 - November 13, 1971. Paris, Grand Palais, Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui, group exhibition, February 18 - March 27, 1972. Haarlem, Netherlands, T Gallery, 5 Jaar, group exhibition, 1972. Littérature P. Seghers, Gaitis, Tram editions, Thessaloniki 1973 (illustrated). The Greek Star newspaper, Chicago, October 3, 1974. Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, October 10, 1974. Ethnos newspaper, July 29, 1984. Y, Gaitis, J.M. Drot, la Tête Farcie, Medousa editions, Athens 1994 (illustrated). Yannis Gaitis, Catalogue Raisonné, Ioannis F. Costopoulos Foundation, Paris/Athens 2003, no. 1114, p. 271 (catalogued and illustrated). D. Zacharopoulos, Yannis Gaitis, the Subversive, Contemporary Greek Artists series, Ta Nea editions, Athens, 2009, p. 83 (illustrated).