Personnage (Napoléon). 1974.
Wax chalk and Oil.
Signed and dated lower right. On cardboard. 101.6 x 81.2 cm (40 x 31.9 in), the full sheet. [AW].

• Expressive and detailed drawing from the “Personnage de la Napoléon” cycle, 1962–1972.
• Further copies from this series are found in collections such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
• Shift towards expressionist and symbolic figures of ironic loners from the 1960s onwards.
• In 2013, part of the major solo exhibition at the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme in Paris.
• Maryan's works are in internationally renowned collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris.
From a Swiss collection.

EXHIBITION: Maryan (1929-1977). La ménagerie humaine, Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, November 6, 2013 - February 9, 2014, cat. no. 51 (illustrated in color).