CHAUVIN, Jean-Gabriel

Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime 1889 - Saint-Martin-lès-Melle, Deux-Sèvres 1976

La flamme sacrée

The Sacred Flame

ca. 1929

wood

free-standing abstract

Dimensions (HxWxD): 23 ¹⁄₄ x 12 x 6 ¹⁄₂ in.

signed on base: Chauvin

Acc. No.: 1991.78

Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gifts, 1991

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org

© Artist : Fair Use (Section 107, Copyright Act 1976)

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

Provenance

• 1991, Purchase, Anonymous Gifts

Bibliography

• Museum's website, 12 april 2012
• 1988 Galerie Vallois
  Galerie Vallois, Chauvin, Paris, Galerie Vallotis, 1988, p. 32-33
• 1992 Rinuy
  Paul-Louis Rinuy, Jean Chauvin 1889-1976, Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, Fondation de Coubertin, 1992, p. 86, repr.

Exhibitions

• 1988 Paris
  Chauvin, Paris, Galerie Vallois, June 16 - July 30, 1988
  
  1992 Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse
  Jean Chauvin 1889-1976,Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse, Fondation de Coubertin, Sept. 17 - Nov. 16, 1992, cat. 53

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