“Tête fantastique”, pencil drawing, circa 1950
- Date
- Circa 1950
- Technique
- Pencil on paper
- Provenance
- Princesse de Broglie, Paris
- Exhibitions
- II. Documenta, Kassel, 1959
- Dimensions
- H. 38, W. 28 cm (including the frame)
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Pencil drawing on paper, in an oval frame
Circa 1950
Additional drawing on the reverse, currently hidden
38 × 28 cm including the frame
Exhibited: II. Documenta, Kassel, 1959 (ATEGE München label on the reverse)
Provenance: lent by the Princesse de Broglie, Paris, for an exhibition in Düsseldorf (International Art Transport label on the reverse, ref. 5384, “42 Tête fantastique D 40 × 30”)
About Christian d'Orgeix
Born in Toulouse in 1927, Christian d'Orgeix was a painter close to Surrealism. In Paris in the late 1940s he worked alongside Hans Bellmer.
A member of the Phases group, he took part in documenta II in Kassel in 1959 and documenta III in 1964. He was also the mentor of the German painter Konrad Klapheck. He died in Nîmes in 2019.
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