Jean Hélion was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist.
His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter.
He was also the author of several books and an extensive body of critical writing.
Jean Hélion (1904-1987)
Composition orthogonale
1932
27 x 21 cm
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated lower right
Executed in 1932