Valentine Hugo - The Virtues of Rebellion New York Thursday, October 20, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Myrtille and Georges Hugnet (gifted by the artist)
    Private Collection (by descent from the above)
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2015.

  • Exhibited

    Paris, Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne Peregrinations of Georges Hugnet, July - September 1978, p. 28, no. 121 (illustrated)

  • Literature

    Béatrice Seguin, From Valentine Gross to Valentine Hugo, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 2000, p. 85 (illustrated)

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Portrait de Myrtille Hugnet

signed with the artist’s initials “VH” lower right; signed, dedicated and dated “Pour Georges et Myrtille pour Vous Bonne Année 1954 Valentine” on the backboard
pastel and pencil on paper
16 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (42.5 x 11.1 cm)
Executed in 1954.

Price On Request

The Virtues of Rebellion