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Apollo, Feb, 2005 by Didier Ottinger, Matthew Gale, Debra B. Balken
Jean Helion
Jean Helion (1904-1987), who spoke fluent English and spent long periods in in Britain and the United States, was a leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon Abstraction debate of the 1930s. Just when the argument was won, he turned to figuration, developing a unique repertoire of mannikins, pumpkins etc. Now being reconsidered in a major retrospective at MOMA, Paris.
Produced in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, Pads 216 pages, paperback 280 x 280 mm, 150 colour, 60 b/w illus. ISBN 1 903470 27 7 Price: 30.00 [pounds sterling]
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