PORTRAIT OF THE-NON-EXISTENT-BIRD.

From 13 February to 31 March 2018 - Maison des Arts, ANTONY, France.

  • Benanteur, Book. Portrait of The-Non-Existent-Bird.

    Portrait of The-Non-Existent-Bird, 2005. Watercolour, imprint, India ik and collage on paper, 28 x 28 cm. Donation Claude & France Lemand 2018. Museum, Institut du monde arabe, Paris. © The Estate of Abdallah Benanteur. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • Dia Al-Azzawi, Portrait of the Bird ... Book, 2005

    Portrait of The-Non-Existent-Bird, 2005. Book with original digital prints, signed and numbered by the artist. Poem by Claude Aveline printed in 7 languages. Original box designed by the artist, 43 x 31 cm. Edition of 22. © Dia Al-Azzawi. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • Zadkine, Aveline, Portrait de l’Oiseau ... 1

    Portrait de l'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas et Autres poèmes. Claude Aveline, Geneva, 1964. Artist book, 25 x 33 cm. Poems illustrated with 18 original lithographs. Edition of 195 copies, each one numbered and signed by the poet and the artist. Donation Claude & France Lemand. Museum, Institut du monde arabe, Paris. © The Estates of Ossip Zadkine and Claude Aveline. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • KAMINER, Painting, Portrait de l’Oiseau-Qui-N’Existe-Pas.

    Portrait de l'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas, 2005. Mixed media on paper laid down on canvas, 38 x 28 cm. Donation Claude & France Lemand. Museum, Institut du monde arabe, Paris. © Saul Kaminer. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • KOCHI, Sculpture, 2009, Portrait de l’Oiseau-Qui-N’Existe-Pas.

    Masque. Portrait de l'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas, 2009. Unique piece, 47 x 15 x 30 cm. Donation Claude & France Lemand. Museum, Institut du monde arabe, Paris. © Manabu Kochi. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • VELICKOVIC, Corbeau.

    Corbeau, 2013. Mixed media on cardboard, 32,2 x 29 cm. Donation Claude & France Lemand. Museum, Institut du monde arabe, Paris. © Vladimir Velickovic. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • SEGUI, Pastel, Angelito.

    Untitled, 2005. Pastel on cardboard, 24,5 x 32,2 cm. Donation Claude & France Lemand. Museum, Institut du monde arabe, Paris. © Antonio Seguí. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

  • Murua, Portrait of The-Non-Existent-Bird.

    Portrait of The-Non-Existent-Bird, 2005. Book-Bird, painted by the artist. Closed, 66 x 46 x 2 cm. Open, 120 x 100 x 46 cm. © Mario Murua. Courtesy Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris.

Exhibition from February 13 to March 31. 2018.

PORTRAIT OF THE NON-EXISTENT-BIRD.
Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Books and Prints,
inspired by Claude Aveline’s poem.

Exhibition organ­ised by La Maison des Arts, city of ANTONY, with the par­tic­i­pa­tion of Galerie Claude Lemand, the city of ISSOUDUN Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch, the Bibliothèque munic­i­pale of the city of Versailles and with Musée Zadkine.

Catalogue 24 pages.
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Claude Aveline, Picture of The-Non-Existent-Bird. Paris, 1950.

Here is the pic­ture of the Non-Existent-Bird.
Not its fault if the Good Lord who made every thing omitted to create it.
It has a look of other birds, for non-exis­tent crea­tures bear some resem­blance
to those that exist.
But they haven’t a name.
Which is why this bird is called the Non-Existent-Bird.
And why it is sad.
Perhaps sleeping or waiting for the moment of exis­tence.
Wondering what sort of beak or wings it will have : will it be able to dive
under water, as actual birds do, without spoiling its colours ?
It would like to hear itself sing.
It would like to be afraid of death.
It would like to have very ugly, very much alive baby-birds.
So the dream of a non-exis­tent-bird is to stop being a dream.
No one is ever sat­is­fied.
And that being the case, how can all go well with the world ?

Translated from French by George Buchanan, 1966.
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A choice of works by 12 of the 20 Artists from the Collection Claude and France Lemand :

- Dia Al-Azzawi,
- Abdallah Benanteur,
- Saul Kaminer,
- Daniel Knoderer,
- Manabu Kochi,
- Mario Murua,
- Abderrahmane Ould Mohand,
- Antonio Segui,
- Tony Soulié,
- Vladimir Velickovic,
- Ossip Zadkine,
- Eduardo Zamora.

Copyright © Galerie Claude Lemand 2012.

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