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Michel BoudinL'Homme qui ne se doute de rien, 19991999
1999
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Michel Boudin (né en 1944)
L'Homme qui ne se doute de rien, 1999
India ink on old pencil drawing on paper dated "March 6 (18)84" upper right
Signed and dated "1999/2000" lower right
Titled on back of original frame
61.5 x 47.5 cm
Sold in its original frame
Born in 1944 in Beauvais, France, Michel Boudin's childhood passion was for the unusual folk arts in which he found refuge. A collector of the imaginary, he became a connoisseur, particularly of glazed earthenware, and later became an antique dealer.
The desire to create in his own right had already been driving him for a long time when Michel Boudin began drawing in Indian ink in the late 1990s. His works were soon noticed and presented at collective art brut exhibitions held in the early 2000-2010 period at the Musée de la Création Franche in Bègles, the Musée des Arts Buissonniers in Saint-Sever-du-Moustier and the Musée Ingres in Montauban.
His inks are sometimes purely autonomous on paper or vellum, and other times he reuses old engravings and drawings found at flea markets, adding little creatures and insects. These little creatures swarm around harmonious, classically drawn bodies. Indeed, Michel Boudin's graphic universe is populated by zoomorphic figures inspired by insects, fish, birds and cats. They are sometimes depicted with their jaws gaping, revealing sharp teeth. These little creatures, represented in hordes, multiply and invade the sheet, sometimes forming a motif that completely saturates the space.
The work presented here is based on a pencil study of an academic male nude from the back, dated March 1887. The insects spreading across his back hijack the initial drawing, giving it an eerie quality. The artist sometimes uses stamps made from his own drawings, enabling him to repeat over and over again these zoomorphic motifs that seem to gallop across the paper.
- Creator:Michel Boudin (1944, French)
- Creation Year:1999
- Dimensions:Height: 24.22 in (61.5 cm)Width: 18.71 in (47.5 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Original workPrice: $941
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- Gallery Location:PARIS, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2661213694972
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