Lot no. 18
Léo Malet (Montpellier, 1909 - Châtillon-sous-Bagneux, 1996) This movement must be repeated 10 times, 1936 "Object-mirror" produced by Hugnet Support and articulated frame in painted wood, mirror, collage of a magazine reproduction 40 x 25 x 20 cm Provenance : - Georges Hugnet, given by the artist in 1936 - Myrtille Hugnet Collection - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Paris, Galerie Charles Ratton, "Exposition surréaliste d'objets", 22 - 29 May 1936 - New York, Zabriskie Gallery, "1936 Surrealism, objects, photographs, collages, documents", 18 February - 4 April 1986, described in the catalogue p. 31 - Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, "Buñuel! Auge des Jahrhunderts", 4 February - 24 April 1994, catalogue p. 506 - Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, "Surrealism, Revolution by night", 12 March - 2 May 1993 - Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, "Surrealism, Revolution by night", 21 May - 11 July 1993 - Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, "Surrealism, Revolution by night", 30 July - 19 September 1993, described in the catalogue under no. 178 and reproduced on p. 144 - Paris, Musée national d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, "La Révolution Surréaliste", 6 March - 24 June 2002, reproduced in the catalogue p. 271 - Paris, Musée national d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, "La Subversion des images. Surrealism, Photography, Film", 23 September 2009 - 11 January 2010 - Winterthur, Fotomuseum, "The Subversion of Images. Surrealism, photography, film", 26 February - 23 May 2010 - Madrid, Fundacion Mapfre, "The Subversion of Images. Surrealism, Photography, Film", 11 June - 12 September 2010, described in the catalogue p. 468 and reproduced on p. 387.
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