Michel MACRÉAU (1935-1995) Abandoned cemetery on a full moon day, 1988 Acrylic on panel. Monogrammed and dated lower right. Signed, dated and titled on back. 242 x 122 cm Bibliography : - Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Jacques Martineau, Macréau, trente ans de peinture, Galerie Jacques Barbier-Caroline Beltz, Paris, 1989, reproduced p. 65. - Macréau, Paris, Éditions Nicolas Deman, 2015, reproduced p. 161. A certificate from Mr. Jean-Dominique Jacquemond may be provided at the purchaser's expense. We would like to thank Mr. Jean-Dominique Jacquemond for the information he provided. CR}Faced with this work, we can only regret that Michel Macréau, a pupil of the fresco artist Lesdounit, was never commissioned to paint murals. For years, the artist who used to talk to me about Romanesque art kept his "Project for a chapel" paintings in his studio. For its latest retrospective, the town of Bourges made available to me the disused chapel of the Bon Pasteur, where this ensemble was presented. A film by Nada Chalhoub entitled "épanchement de ligne" is the only record of this ephemeral installation. Michel Macréau was unable to see her, her body under the sheets having taken on the appearance of a recumbent corpse. Jean-Dominique Jacquemond, May 2023