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Composition

1934

Jean Hélion

(French, 1904–1987)
Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 131.1 x 163.4 x 3.8 cm (51 5/8 x 64 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 130.8 x 161.9 cm (51 1/2 x 63 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Tremaine Hildt 2003.428
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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Did You Know?

While fighting for the French army during World War II, Jean Hélion was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Pomerania and then Stettin. He escaped and made his way to France and then the United States where he published an account of his experience, They Shall Not Have Me, in 1943.

Description

In the spring of 1934, Jean Hélion made a series of four paintings in which, for the first time, he combined several interlocking, abstract forms in a densely organized, allover design. This painting belongs to that series and features a carefully balanced arrangement of forms which appear to be floating free in space in harmony with one another. In Paris, Hélion shared a studio with Joaquín Torres-García who introduced him to Cubism and abstraction and became acquainted with Piet Mondrian.

Composition

1934

Jean Hélion

(French, 1904–1987)
France, 20th century

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