Jean Fautrier
Paris 1898 - Chatenay-Malabry 1964
The Otages lacerating documents of an inhuman war. The rawness of the shattered bodies was veiled and sublimated by the refined preciousness of the colors and by the rythm of the forms that brought harmony to where there was only horror and pain.
Jean Fautrier, Sans Titre, 1936. Tempera on paper, frame: 28 x 31 cm, image: 10 x 13 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Jean Fautrier, Head of a Hostage, No.1, 1944. Mixed media on paper mounted on linen, frame: 39,37 x 39,69 x 4,76 cm, image: 34,93 x 27,31 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1985. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Jean Fautrier, Head of a Hostage, No. 14, 1944. Oil on paper, frame: 39,37 x 31,12 x 5,08 cm, image: 35, 56 x 27, 31 x 2,54 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1985. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Jean Fautrier, Dépouille, 1946. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1986. Installation Giuseppe Panza home, Milano. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Giuseppe Panza