Nothing might have evolved so much as the representation of the human form over the course of the last centuries. The human ideal has transformed from an original idealisation of man or the Kouro, to the search for absolute realism and exact proportions. In the 20th century, the idea changed again into a concept of the form, the simplification of the lines and a drastic change of dimensionality. From Khmer sculpture, to works by Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Robert Combas, this exhibition showcases the different shapes and forms that human representation has taken in the course of the last centuries.
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Alberto GiacomettiTwo Standing Nudes, 1963Blue and black ball-point on a book page belonging to the Série Noire18 x 11.6 cm (7 x 4 ½ in.)
Framed: 43 x 37 cm (17 x 14 ½ in.)
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Pablo PicassoPeintre et son modèle au collier, 1966Aquatint, etching, scraper and drypoint
Image: 27.2 x 37.6 cm (10 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 50 cm (16 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Numbered on the lower left « 35/50 »Signed by the hand of the artist at the bottom right « Picasso » -
Gen PaulPortrait d'Ernest Lajeunesse, 1928Oil on canvas100 x 65 cm (39 ½ x 25 ½ in.)Signed on lower right
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André MassonSerruriers (Locksmiths), 1946Pastel, charcoal and ink on kraft paper.60.8 x 46.3 cm (24 x 18 ¼ in.)Stamp of the artist on the lower left. 1946.
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Alberto GiacomettiDouble Face, c. 1951Double-sided pencil drawing
Front: « Personages », circa 1951
Back: « Portrait of a man »40.3 x 33.9 cm (15 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Frame: 63 x 56 cm (24 ¾ x 22 in.)
With stand: H 74.5 cm (29 3/8 in.) -
Amedeo ModiglianiLa Zborowska (Hanka Zborowska), Jeune femme au chapeau et au médaillon, c. 1918Pencil on paper42.5 x 27 cm (16 ¾ x 10 2/3 in.)
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Gaston ChaissacPersonnage (Totem), 1960Installation of five wooden elements painted in oil
The back is also painted with abstract motifs.
114 x 36 x 4 cm / 44.9 x 14.2 x 1.6 in -
Gaston ChaissacPersonnage et chien rouge, 1947Gouache on mounted paper27 x 20.5 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Framed: 50.4 x 43.5 cm (19 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.) -
Tom LoweUntitled, c. 2016-18Colored pencil on 300gms Arches paper
76 x 56 cm (29 x 22 1/8 in.)
Framed: 83 x 63 cm (32 ¾ x 24 7/8 in.)Signed on the reverse
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Asian ArtBust of Bodhisattva, Gandhâra, Kouchane, 2nd to 3rd centuryPakistan, Kushan period
Grey-biege schistH 67 cm (26 ½ in.) -
Niki de Saint PhalleL'Oiseau amoureux (vase), 2000Painted resineH 60 x 48 x 20 cm (23 5/8 x 19 x 8 in.)12/150Signed and numbered on the reverse 12/150, along with the stamp, Haligon (sculpture, moulage d’art)
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Asian ArtTorso of Vishnu, 11th centuryBaphuon style
Grey sandstoneH 52 cm (20 ½ in.)
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Asian ArtPair of Dancing Nats, Myanmar, mid-19th centuryBurma, Mandalay period
Teak wood, traces of polychromy
H 94 cm (37 in.) -
Robert CombasStylised Portrait of Daniel, 1987Acrylic on leopard-print fabric mounted on canvas225 x 133 cm (88 5/8 x 52 3/8 in.)Number in the Combas archives: 3152
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Madeleine BerkhemerDiabless IV, 2003Felt pen and watercolor on paper147 x 97 cm (18 ½ x 38 ¼ in.)Signed, dated titled on the verso
