Jean HÉLION (1904-1987). Study for a brilliant figure, 1936 Watercolour and gouache over pencil lines on paper. Signed and located Va lower right. 31.5 x 23 cm. Framed under glass Provenance: Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse-Vergez-Honta sale, Versailles, 13 December 1998, no. 39. Related work: this watercolour is a study for the painting "Figure brillante", reproduced in full-page colour in the book "Hélion" by Henri Claude Cousseau, Éditions du Regard, page 80. This watercolour is recorded in the catalogue raisonné of Jean Hélion's works on paper currently in preparation.