Jean-Michel ATLAN (1913-1960) The Mirrors of... Lot 27

Jean-Michel ATLAN (1913-1960) The Mirrors of King Solomon, 1959 Two (2) unsigned pastels, vertically in the same mount Each: H. 13 cm - W. 50 cm (at sight) DV Provenance: Artist's studio Collection Camille Atlan and Jacques Polieri Their estate Bibliography : Jacques Damase, Atlan, Les Miroirs du Roi Salomon, Paris, Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1962, these two pastels are reproduced a first time on the title page, then on the last page of the work. Several letters of the upper one are also reproduced in this work, the letter C on page 7, the letter A on pages 16, 32 and 73 and finally the letter E on page 86. Jacques Polieri, Atlan, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, Gallimard, 1996, described under n°1841 and reproduced on page 625, for the upper one. Jacques Polieri, Atlan, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, Gallimard, 1996, described under n°1843 and reproduced on page 626, for the lower one. Note: The works specially made by Atlan for Les Miroirs du Roi Salomon, do not have a signature. The pastels were silk-screened by Wilfredo Arcay.