Fleury Joseph Crépin (Hénin-Liétard, 1875 - Montigny-en-Gohelle, 1948) Tableau merveilleux No. 68, March 1940 Oil on canvas Signed lower left "Crépin Fy Jh", signed, dated and numbered lower right "J.Crepin F.3-1940 n°68". Countersigned, dated and numbered on the back "Jh CREPIN 3-1940 N° 68". 37 x 52 cm 41 x 56 cm (artist's frame) Provenance : - Galerie des Deux-Iles, Paris, circa 1960 - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris - Collection Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Bibliography : - S. Alexandrian, "L'art surréaliste", Ed. F. Hazan, Paris, 1969, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 194 p. 195 - S. Alexandrian, "Surrealist art", Ed. T&H, London, (1970), 1995, reproduced in the catalogue under n°193 p. 195 - Fleury Joseph Crépin 1875-1948, "Fleury Joseph Crépin, Rétrospective", Musée d'Art Moderne de Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 27 May - 8 October 2000, texts and documents compiled by Didier Derœux, André Breton... [et al], Idées d'Art, described in the catalogue under number 038 p. 120.