JEAN-MICHEL ATLAN (1913-1960) Calcutta, 1958 Oil on canvas Signed lower left Countersigned and titled on the back on the stretcher 73 x 116 cm Oil on canvas Signed lower left Signed and titled on the stretcher on the reverse 28 3/4 x 45 5/8 in. Provenance Private collection Briest sale, Paris, 17 June 1985 Thierry le Luron Collection, Paris Sale Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 23 March 1988 Private collection, Paris Lombrail sale, Paris, Drouot-Montaigne, 21 October 1993 Private collection Exhibitions "Atlan", Cologne, Galerie Christoph Czwiklitzer, May-June 1958, listed under no. 7 "Atlan", Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, 17-26 May 1958 "Atlan", Paris, Galerie Enrico Navarra, April-June 1989, reproduced p. 56-57 Bibliography Jacques Polieri, Kenneth White, "Atlan, Catalogue Raisonné des oeuvres complètes", Éditions Gallimard, 1996, referenced under no. 553 and reproduced in colour on p. 321. A certificate of authenticity from Camille Atlan dated 25 April 1988 will be given to the buyer.