Jean Benoît (Quebec, 1922 - Paris, 2010) François Mauriac's Christmas turkey, circa 1958-1959 Object box: naturalised turkey legs, lace, rosary, ribbons EROS exhibition label on base Signed and titled in ink on the back "La dinde de Noël de François Mauriac Jean Benoît" (François Mauriac's Christmas turkey, Jean Benoît) 21.5 x 32.5 x 8 cm Provenance : - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris - Collection Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris Exhibitions : - Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, "Exposition inteRnatiOnale du Surréalisme (EROS)", 15 December 1959 - 15 February 1960 - Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, "Jean Benoît", Paris, 9 - 31 October 1996, reproduced in the catalogue p. 43 - Québec, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, "Mimi Parent, Jean Benoît, Surréalistes", 1 April - 24 October 2004, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 37 p. 138 Bibliography : - "Jean Benoît, un peintre canadien se fait le héraut du surréalisme", La presse, 16 January 1960, reproduced in the catalogue p. 35 - J. Melèze, "Jean Benoît, la provocation de l'exhibitionnisme", Pariscope, no. 1481, 2 - 9 Oct. 1996, reproduced in the catalogue p. 66 - A. Le Brun, "Jean Benoît", Ed. Filipacchi, Levallois-Perret, 1996, reproduced in the catalogue p. 43