HHHHHH Un homme saoul en vaut deux
1952
HHHHHH Un homme saoul en vaut deux
1952
This work was made in June 1952 when Guy Debord and Gil J Wolman were founding the International Lettrist, whose radical actions led to a break with the followers of Isidore Isou in October 1952.
lts title is a pastiche of the popular French adage: "an informed man is worth two "(forewarned is forearmed), in all likelihood a nod to Isidore Isou and Maurice Lemaître, who reproached the "scissionists" for their excessively inebriate practices. The preparatory sketches for this work show that Wolman wished to make a grid to accommodate, letter by letter, the message of the title, corresponding to the principle of the autonomisation of letters as defined by Isou in 1947. This work was reproduced in the first edition of the Lettrist Internationale review.
| Domain | Peinture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Huile sur carton |
| Dimensions | 38 x 47 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de Barbara et Hedy Laure Wolman en 2015 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2015-361 |
Currently at
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz (France)
as part of Dimanche sans fin. Maurizio Cattelan et la collection du Centre Pompidou, 08 May 2025 - 02 February 2027
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Detailed description
| Artist |
Gil J Wolman
(1929, France - 1995, République française) |
|---|---|
| Main title | HHHHHH Un homme saoul en vaut deux |
| Creation date | 1952 |
| Domain | Peinture |
| Techniques | Huile sur carton |
| Dimensions | 38 x 47 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.D.B.DR. : sur la toile : GIL J WOLMAN 52 |
| Acquisition | Don de Barbara et Hedy Laure Wolman en 2015 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Contemporain |
| Inventory no. | AM 2015-361 |
Bibliography
Gil Joseph Wolman : Défense de mourir.- Paris : Allia, 2001 (cit. p. 44, reprod. p. 36) . N° isbn 2-8448585-063-4
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Gil J Wolman. I am immortal and alive : Museu d''art contemporani de Barcelona, 04 jiun 2010-09 janvier 2011. - Barcelone, MACBA, 2010 (cit. p. 15, 17, 36, 134 (in liste exposition), reprod. coul. p. 15) . N° isbn 978-84-92505-40-1
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Bientôt les Lettristes (1946 - 1977) : Passage de Retz, Paris, 10 mai-17 juin 2012 / dir. Jacqueline Frydman ; commissaires Bernard Blistène, Frédéric Acquaviva, avec la collab. de Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov. - Paris : Passage de Retz, 2012 (reprod.coul. [n.p])