ALL: James Smith Pierce Collection
Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1904-1987
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
1938
Medium
Linocut
Edition #
c. 1500 printed for XXe Siecle (No. 4)
Height
12 1/2"
Width
9 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Displayed: Empire Arts Center
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Untitled was created for the fourth issue of the Pairs art magazine XXe Siècle.Hélion went through several different styles during his career as a painter, beginning with his discovery of abstract art over traditional art, and his later rejection of abstract art in favor of figurative painting.
Untitled was created his abstract and modernist phase. During this phase most of his work contained geometric shapes and graphic colors before beginning to incorporate more human figures in his art. Untitled is also one of few paintings of his to incorporate only one color on the white background.
James Smith Pierce Collection
Tag: JSP Estate Collection