Wax chalk and Oil. Signed and dated lower right. On cardboard. 101.6 x 81.2 cm. , the full sheet. [AW].
- Expressive and detailed drawing from the “Personnage de la Napoléon” cycle, 1962-1972. - Further copies from this series are found in collections such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris. - Shift towards expressionist and symbolic figures of ironic loners from the 1960s onwards. - In 2013, part of the major solo exhibition at the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme in Paris. - Maryan's works are in internationally renowned collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Maryan (1929-1977). La ménagerie humaine, Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, November 6, 2013 - February 9, 2014, cat. no. 51 (illustrated in color)

From the artist's estate. Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris. From a Swiss collection

In good condition. With studio marks, outer corners of the sheet minimally scuffed. In the impasto areas with isolated tiny, superficial color losses, these do not impair the fine general impression.