Fleury Joseph Crepin (Hénin-Lietard, 1875 - Montigny-en-Gohelle, 1948)
Tableau merveilleux n°68, March 1940
Oil on canvas
Signed on the bottom left "Crepin Fy Jh", signed, dated and numbered on the bottom right "J.Crépin F.3-1940 n68"
Countersigned, dated and numbered on the back "Jh CREPIN 3-1940 N 68"
37 x 52 cm
41 x 56 cm (artist's frame)
Provenance:
- Galerie des Deux-Iles, Paris, circa 1960
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris
Bibliography:
- S. Alexandrian, "L'art surréaliste", Ed. F. Hazan, Paris, 1969, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 194 p. 195
- S. Alexandrian, "Surrealist art", Ed. T&H, London, (1970), 1995, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 193 p. 195
- "Fleury Joseph Crépin 1875-1948, "Fleury Joseph Crépin, Rétrospective", Musée d'Art Moderne de Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 27 May - 8 October 2000, textes and documents assembled by Didier Deroeux, André Breton... [et al.], Idées d'Art, described in the catalogue under no. 038 p. 120.