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Jean-Michel Atlan

A shape ineterests me from the moment I managed to give it life.

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Jean Michel Atlan was born in Constantine (Algeria) in 1913. After his studies in Constantinople, he came to Paris in 1930 to prepare a licence of philosophy in La Sorbonne. Meanwhile he taught in various colleges of province until 1940, he was studying for aggregation. He was revoked by the Vichy government and settled down in Paris. He wrote Surrrealists poems, did not paint yet. He liked . . .

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Original signed lithograph de Atlan J-Michel : Orient
Orient
1957 Original lithograph in five colours, signed in pencil by the artist. Editions Le Musée de Poche, Paris. Polieri n° 1747
Original signed lithograph de Atlan J-Michel : Astarté
Astarté
1958 Original lithograph in six colors, signed in pencil by the artist, in the lower left corner publisher’s blind stamp. Editions Oeuvre Gravée,... Nesto Jacometti n° LNJ 54, Polieri n° 1750
Lithograph poster de Atlan J-Michel : Museum of Antibes
Museum of Antibes
1957 Original poster printed in lithograph by Jean Pons, realized for the exhibition of the artist at the Picasso Museum of Antibes from July 16 to August... Polieri n° 1748
Book with lithographs de Atlan J-Michel : Description d'un combat
Description d'un...
1946 First edition in French. Book, wrappers, folder and slipcase. Text by Franz Kafka, translated by Clara Malraux and Rainer Dorland, illustrated with... Monod n° 6480, Polieri p. 612
Original poster de Atlan J-Michel : School of Paris
School of Paris
1955 Original poster, signed in the sheet. Polieri n°1745
Original signed lithograph de Atlan J-Michel : Astarté
Astarté
1958 Original lithograph in 6 colors, signed in pencil. Atelier Jean Pons, Paris. Ed. L'Oeuvre Gravée, Zurich-Paris. Poliéri n° 1750
Original signed lithograph de Atlan J-Michel : Sagitaire
Sagitaire
1959 Original lithograph in 6 colors, signed in pencil. Atelier Jean Pons, Paris. Ed. L'Oeuvre Gravée, Zurich-Paris. Polieri n° 1751
Lithograph de Atlan J-Michel : Description of a combat
Description of a...
1946 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated with ink in bottom on the left. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« L’œuvre gravé », Françoise Voimant, Ed. Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, 1986 *« Premières périodes, 1940-1954 », D. & C. Atlan et J. Polieri, Ed. A. Biro, Paris, 1989 All the "catalogues raisonnés"

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To read about the artist :
  • « Atlan », A. Verdet, Musée de Poche, Paris, 1956
  • « Les grands peintres », André Verdet, Michel Ragon, Ed. René Kister, 1960
  • « Atlan », M. Ragon, Ed. Georges Fall, Paris, 1962
  • « Atlan », B. Dorival, P. Tisné, Paris, 1962
  • « Atlan », cat. d'expostion, MNAM, Paris, 1980
  • « Atlan : Premières périodes 1940-1954 », H.C. Cousseau, Ed. Adam Biro, 1989
  • « Atlan ». Michel Butor (poème), cat. d'expo., Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1989
  • « Atlan : Grand format », Jacques Derrida, Ed. Gallimard, 2001
  • « Description d'un combat, Approches de l'art moderne », M. Alyn, Ed. Bartillat, 2007
  • « Les Détrempes », J.L. Nancy, Ed. Hazan, 2010
To read from the artist :
  • « Le sang profond », Ed. L'Atelier de la Salamandre, Paris, 1944
  • « Atlan mon ami, 1948-1960 » Michel Ragon, Ed. Galilée, Paris, 1989
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