Alain LEMOSSE (1944-2021) - Lot 264

Alain LEMOSSE (1944-2021) Untitled, 1975-1976 Box-assemblage of matchbox pieces cut out and arranged with pins on a wooden support, mounted in a Plexiglas case, signed, dated 4.12 1975 and 24.4.1976, annotated construction series 1 to 13 (5/13) for Baudoin Lebon. Damage to Plexiglas, one element to be reattached. 30 x 120 x 10 cm PROVENANCE: Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris (label affixed to one side). Alain Lemosse, a discreet and evasive creator, lived in Charente, where he died in 2021. He had a vast workshop, enabling him to tackle projects ranging from the infinitely small to the gigantic. The series of boxes we are presenting illustrates one facet of his minimalist work, created with salvaged or accidental materials. Theaters of the derisory, scholarly showcases for a cabinet of curiosities for the very curious, the mystery of his fragile constructions can also be summed up by the artist's opening words, "the problem is space". The poetry of this sculptor's assemblages, reminiscent of Yolande Fièvre's montages, encourages imaginative introspection, is also a salutary counterpoint to all the gaudy, seductive demonstrations of the art of his time.