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Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux

1899–1984

WA-00019349

Namur, Belgium

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

64

Works in Collection

123

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ160780

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3963
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Henri Michaux was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York had shows of his work in 1978. His autobiographical texts that chronicle his psychedelic experiments with LSD and mescaline include Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones. He is recognised for his idiosyncratic travelogues and books of art criticism. Michaux is also known for his stories about Plume – "a peaceable man" – one of the most unenterprising heroes in literature, a character subject to many misfortunes.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (64)

Plate (folio 16) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 x 9 3/8" (25.5 x 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 18) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 7 15/16" (24.9 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 21 verso and 22) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 18 7/16" (29.2 x 46.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 33 verso and 34) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 5/16 x 18" (33.9 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 26) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 5/16 x 9 9/16" (26.2 x 24.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 28) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 1/2 x 10" (26.7 x 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hors de la Colline

1983 · Illustrated book with 15 lithographs

page: 14 9/16 x 11" (37 x 28 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 11/16 x 10 15/16" (27.2 x 27.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 11 5/16 x 9 1/4" (28.8 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 38) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 5/16 x 8 7/8" (23.7 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 14) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 1/16 x 9 3/4" (23 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 40) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 10 x 3 7/16" (25.5 x 8.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 12 3/16 x 8 15/16" (31 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 6) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 15/16 x 9 15/16" (22.7 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 12) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 10 1/8 x 7 7/8" (25.7 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 30) from HORS DE LA COLLINE

1983 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 10 11/16 x 8 7/8" (27.2 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, from Pour Jorn

Untitled, from Pour Jorn

1976 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 75 × 54 cm (29 9/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[no title]

1975 · Lithograph on paper

image: 470 x 648 mm

Untitled from Pour Jorn

1973 · One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs

composition (irreg.): 17 9/16 × 24 11/16" (44.6 × 62.7 cm); sheet: 21 9/16 × 29 11/16" (54.7 × 75.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 11) from Parcours

Plate (folio 11) from Parcours

1966 · Lift ground aquatint

sheet: 20 7/8 × 16 1/4" (53 × 41.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5) from Parcours

Plate (folio 5) from Parcours

1966 · Soft ground etching

sheet: 20 7/8 × 16 1/4" (53 × 41.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from Parcours

Plate (folio 10) from Parcours

1966 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in black

sheet: 20 7/8 × 16 1/4" (53 × 41.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 12) from Parcours

Plate (folio 12) from Parcours

1966 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in black

sheet: 20 7/8 × 16 1/4" (53 × 41.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 9) from Parcours

Plate (folio 9) from Parcours

1966 · Soft ground etching, printed in black

sheet: 20 7/8 × 16 1/4" (53 × 41.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

64 published of 121 catalogued · 84 with image

MoMA
57 publishedof 114 catalogued79 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
The Met
2 published
Tate
2 published2 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Henri Michaux (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

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