Fred DEUX (1924–2015) Stains, 1964 Set of two lacquer works...

Fred DEUX (1924–2015)
Stains, 1964
Set of two lacquer works on paper
Signed and dated lower right
H_16 cm W_12.5 cm (each)

Provenance:
- Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris.
- Acquired from the gallery by the current owner.

Comparative Bibliography:
- Fred Deux, l’œuvre graphique, exhibition catalog, Musée Cantini, Marseille; École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, 1989–1990.
- Bernard Noël, *Fred Deux: La chair du double*, Éditions La Différence / Cercle d’Art.
- *Fred Deux: L’alter ego*, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2004.
- *Traits d’union*, Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris, 2007.
- Fred Deux. Rustling Drawings, Whispered Thoughts, Alain Margaron, Paris, 2013.
- The World of Fred Deux, Lyon Museum of Fine Arts, Lienart Éditions, Paris, 2017.

Note:
This pair directly illustrates Fred Deux’s exploration of the stain as the matrix of the image. The material applied to the paper generates forms that the artist allows to evolve freely, in a practice situated at the intersection of drawing and painting.