Jean Helion Art
French, 1904-1987
Jean Hélion, pseudonym of Jean Bichier, is a French painter and engraver, born April 21, 1904 in Couterne and died October 27, 1987 in Paris.
His complex artistic itinerary passed, a rare case, from abstract art sometimes close to Piet Mondrian1 to figurative art. He helped introduce abstract art to the United States. Jean Hélion has always been able to express in his works his youthful spirit through the vivacity of the colors and the rhythm of his compositions. Hailed in the 1960s by the new generation of painters, that of Gilles Aillaud or Eduardo Arroyo, he is today considered the precursor of the New German Fauves of the 1970s and the figurative ones of the 1980s. above all his work of the 1930s and 1950s.to
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French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Herbiers
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Herbiers
undated
lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist
20,5 x 27,9 x 0,1 cm
sold without frame
about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987)
Jean Hélion was...
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1970s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled from XXe Siecle No. 4
By Jean Hélion
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jean Helion
Title: Untitled
Portfolio: XXe Siecle No. 4
Medium: Linocut
Date: 1938
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 19 3/4" x 16 3/4"
Sheet Size: 12 5/8" x 9 5/8"
Signature: U...
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1930s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Linocut
"Untitled"
By Jean Hélion
Located in Southampton, NY
Important work on paper by French artist Jean Halion. Ink, watercolor and colored pencil study done in 1952. Signed top right in ink and dated in pencil 15-9-52.
Jean Hélion was ...
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1950s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
$6,800 Sale Price
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Cubist Composition, Lithograph by Jean Helion
By Jean Hélion
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Hélion was a French painter (1904 - 1987) whose abstract work of the 1930's established him as a leading modernist. His mid-career rejection of abstraction was followed by nearl...
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1930s Cubist Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Veil Homme
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Veil Homme
1947
drawing
26,9 x 21 x 0,1 cm
Registered on the catalogue raisonné with inventory number : N°0252 cat. B
sold without frame
about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October ...
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1960s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"Gisant"
By Jean Hélion
Located in Southampton, NY
Important watercolor and colored pencil on woven paper study composed of three vignettes done by Jean Helion. Signed with initial H top left and dated 1953. Small crease lower left b...
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1950s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
$5,200 Sale Price
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Jean Helion, Untitled, from XXe siecle, 1938
By Jean Hélion
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite linocut by Jean Helion (1904–1987), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album XXe siecle, Chroniques du jour, 13 rue Valette (5e), Directeur G. di San Lazzaro, Somm...
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1930s Modern Jean Helion Art
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USA : Gold Prospectors - Original handsigned lithograph
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean HELION
USA : Gold Prospectors, 1972
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
On Rives vellum 37 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1970s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
Meeting in a Park - Original handsigned lithograph - 50 copies
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean HELION
Meeting in a Park
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 50
On BFK Rives vellum 38 x 53 cm (c. 15 x 21 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lucite, Lithograph
Fishermen and People at the Harbor - Original handsigned lithograph - 50 copies
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean HELION
Fishermen and People at the Harbor
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 50
On BFK Rives vellum 38 x 53 cm (c. 15 x 21 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lucite, Lithograph
Composition, Variations sur l
imaginaire, Jean Hélion
By Jean Hélion
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
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"Figure Study in Red"
By Jean Hélion
Located in Southampton, NY
Early 1960's watercolor and gouache figure study by Jean Helion. Signed with initial H lower right and dated lower left February, 1963. Condition is fair with crease above the letter...
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1960s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
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Force de la mer VI
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1965
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 33/50
LCD4402
Category
1960s Abstract Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nude seated woman, 1965 - gouache, 49x32 cm., framed
By Jean Hélion
Located in Nice, FR
Important work by Jean Hélion. Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midca...
Category
1960s Cubist Jean Helion Art
Materials
Gouache
Modern Romeo
Juliette - Original handsigned lithograph - 100 copies
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean HELION
Modern Romeo & Juliette
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 100 copies
On Arches vellum 65 x 50cm (c.26 x 20")
Excellent condition
Category
1980s American Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Personnages
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Personnages
undated
lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist
20,5 x 27,9 x 0,1 cm
sold without frame
about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987)
Jean Hélion ...
Category
1970s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Floating Figures
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Floating Figures
undated
lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist
22 x 15,5 x 0,1 cm
sold without frame
about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987)
Jean Hélion was born on April 21, 1904, in Couterne, France. He entered the Institut Industriel du Nord in Lille to study chemistry in 1920 but left the following year to become an architectural apprentice in Paris. He painted while working as an architectural draftsman in the early 1920s. Hélion attracted the attention of the collector Georges Bine in 1925 and was soon able to devote himself entirely to painting. In 1927 he met Joaquín Torres-García, who collaborated on L'Acte, a short-lived magazine founded by Hélion and others.
Hélion first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1928. Shortly thereafter he became acquainted with Jean Arp, Piet Mondrian, and Antoine Pevsner...
Category
1970s Modern Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Helion Nude in the chair
By Jean Hélion
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Jean Helion
Nude in the chair
Charcoal on laid paper
Signed and dated 4/10/48 by the artist
Certificate of the widow of Jean Hélion
Dimensions Work 67 x 52 cms
Sheet 88 x 70 cms
Per...
Category
1960s Jean Helion Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Passersby on the Port
By Jean Hélion
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lithograph of the artist Jean Hélion.
1965
Signed in pencil and numbered on 50ex in pencil by the artist.
Dimensions 38 x 53 cm
Support: Vellum Rives paper
In excellent condition!
PR...
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1960s Jean Helion Art
Materials
Lithograph
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