Métro Châtelet 22 Septembre 1964. 1964.
Décollage auf Leinwand.
Lower right signed. Verso once more signed, dated "22 Septbre 1964" and inscribed with the location as well as with, among others, the dimensions and the inventory number and numbered in typography. 46 x 61 cm (18.1 x 24 in).
[KT].

• Villeglé is an important representative of "Nouveau Réalisme", which he co-founded in 1960 together with Yves Klein, Daniel Spoerri, Arman and Jean Tinguely.
• His trademark of the avant-garde 1960s were the décollages made from posters torn down in Paris, the "affiches lacérées".
• The first highly acclaimed retrospective of this important "archaeologist of the street" was held at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1971.
• Décollages by the artist can be found in the collections of the Musée national d'art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Tate Gallery, London.

We are grateful to Valérie Villeglé, Paris, for her kind support in cataloging this lot. The work is registered in the Archives Villeglé, Fonds de Dotation Villeglé, Paris.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Christine Le Chanjour.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

EXHIBITION: Jacques de La Villeglé, Collages, Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, 1971.
Les Affichistes, Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, 1992.

In good condition consistent with technique and material. Technique- and material-related tears, creases, superficial rubbings, adhesions and traces of moisture. Isolated tiny brown stains in the right margin. The work has been examined unframed and under glass.