Alfred MANESSIER

Alfred MANESSIER (1911-1993) Flanders Oil on canvas signed and dated (19)50 left center 89 x 146 cm Titled on the back by the artist Six exhibition labels and a Robinot shipping label on verso. Provenance : Philippe and Marthe Leclercq-Lestienne Collection Cécile and Bernard Boulanger-Leclercq Collection Archives Manessier : This painting appears in the studio's output register (203, rue de Vaugirard - 75015 Paris), under no. H 276. Exhibitions: - 1951 : Pariser malerei der gegenwart / Peintres parisiens de la deuxième génération, Basel, Kunsthalle, May 9 - June 10, cat. no. 131. - 1951: Pittori d'oggi, Francia - Italia / Peintres d'aujourd'hui, France - Italie, 1st edition, Turin, Palazzo delle Arti, Parco del Valentino, October. - 1952: Malerei in Paris heute / Painting in Paris today, Zürich, Kunsthaus, October 18 - November 23, cat. no. 70. - 1953: Elf Tijdgenoten uit Parijs / Onze contemporains de Paris, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum / Gemeente Musea van Amsterdam, February 27 - April 13, cat. no. 83 - 1953: Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, April 18 - May 30; The Hague, Dienst Voor Schone Kusten's - 1953: Gravenhage / Haags Gemeente Museum, June 5 - August 2, cat. no. 41. Bibliography : Manessier - Lumières du Nord / texts by Bernard Ceysson, Jean-Marie Lhôte ; chronology by Christine Manessier. - Tournai: Éditions La Renaissance du Livre, 2000. Reproduced on pages 54-55 in connection with the article on Flanders "Détours par les Flandres 1949".