Jean HÉLION (1904–1987) The Pumpkin in the Studio, 1957–58 Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower left. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. 130 x 195 cm Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Castel, Paris (label on the back). Exhibitions: - Jean Hélion, The Leicester Galleries, London, June 1965, Catalog, no. 28, reproduced, unpaginated. - Hélion, Nineteen Paintings Selected by Max Clarac-Sérou and Commented on by Jean-Pierre Burgart, Pierre Bruguière, André du Bouchet, Alain Jouffroy, Francis Ponge, Pierre Schneider, and Christian Zervos, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, October 21–November 18, 1966, Catalog, no. 11, reproduced. - Hélion—One Hundred Paintings, 1928–1970, Grand Palais, Paris, December 11, 1970–February 1, 1971, Catalog, reproduced on p. 69 (label on the back). - Jean Hélion, Abstraction and Myths of Everyday Life—Paintings, Drawings, Gouaches 1925–1983, Stadtische Galerie im Lembachhaus, Munich, August 29–September 21, 1984. - Hélion, Paintings and Drawings 1925–1983, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, November 15, 1984 – January 6, 1985, Catalog, no. 149, reproduced on p. 164 (label on the back). - Jean Hélion, IVAM, Julio Gonzales Center, Valencia, Spain, March 27–May 31, 1990. - Jean Hélion, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, August 24–October 21, 1990, Catalog, no. 35, reproduced on p. 92. This work is listed in Jean Hélion’s online Catalogue Raisonné: https://associationjeanhelion.fr