Claude Troin : Le Châtaignier, c. 1967 (Black felt-tip pen)

By TROIN Claude (1938 - 2019)

Claude Troin (1938–2019)
Le Châtaignier, C. 1967

Black felt-tip pen
Signed and inscribed by hand, lower right: “Pour Yves Guérin”, signed “C. Troin”

Dimensions:
Sheet 29.7 × 21 cm (11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in.) — Image: nearly the full sheet

Condition: good condition, unframed

Provenance: Livre d’Or de Yves Guérin, compiled 1963–1992 (single-owner provenance; the dedications place the collector in the Riviera and Dinard casino milieu).

Description: A single large chestnut tree, drawn in black ink with vigorous, almost calligraphic energy — bold contours and dense cross-hatching modelling foliage and shadow. Claude Troin was a French painter of the Nice school: trained at the city’s École des Arts Décoratifs, a friend of Ben (Vautier), and shaped by Occitan thought and Lettrism. He exhibited at the Paris Biennale (1963) and the Menton International Art Biennials, was championed by Maurice Jardot of the Galerie Louise Leiris, and was given a landmark 1985 exhibition at Nice’s contemporary-art centre (now MAMAC) and a 2000 retrospective at Carros. The tree subject echoes the woods of his Nice boyhood. Drawn and dedicated to the collector in his guest book.

Price : 200,00 € ( 227.00 USD )