Jean HÉLION (1904-1987) A rebours, 1947 Watercolour, ink (pen) and graphite, signed with the monogram and dated lower right H. 25 cm - L. 35 cm Our work is a preparatory study for the painting of the same name, now in the Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, following a purchase in 1975. Bibliography (for the painting) : Henry-Claude Cousseau, Hélion, Paris, Édition du regard, 199, page 123 Collectif, catalogue of the Jean Hélion exhibition presented at the Centre Pompidou from 8 December 2004 to 5 March 2005, Paris, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2004, page 149 René Micha, Hélion, Paris, Flammarion, 1979, page 41