Michel Seuphor: Pioneer Collector

Reading the names in the catalogue – Piet Mondrian, Mikhail Larionov, Marcel Janco, Wolfgang Paalen, Enrico Prampolini, and André Kertész, with the only photographic lot – you could say that many of the key avant-gardes of the first half of the 20th century have turned up for this sale. Only an extraordinary personality could have brought them together: the polymorphic figure of Michel Seuphor (1901-1999). As we know, he equally juggled between his two passions: the exploration of highly innovative visual expression, and ardent writing. This group of works, taken from his personal collection, had remained in his estate. Consisting of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs, it retraces the long life and fascinating encounters of a…