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Jean Signovert ​ Composition gouache, signed lower right, 20.5 x 15cm Provenance : Vente Pescheteau, Paris, November 1992; Collection Weil-Thenon, Paris Signovert initially trained as an engineer before enrolling at the École des Beaux Arts Saint-Etienne in 1943. His progressive and radical attitude quickly attracted the attention of several influential artworld figures. Not least of those was Aimé Maeght who had just opened her famous Galerie Maeght in Paris, and Signovert would later exhibit there in important shows such as Sur Quatre Murs, Tendences, Le Noir est une Couleur, Les Mains Eblouies that championed the avant-garde of post-war Paris. His tremendous energy and erudition on abstract art brought Signovert great respect, admired by Jean Fautrier who became a lifelong friend, he became associated with the avant-garde elite such as de Stael, Giacometti, Calder, Poliakoff, Braque, Villon, and Henri-Georges Adam...

Aware Of All The Things, 2019