Twin Figures

1. Peggy Guggenheim, probably acquired directly from the artist, by 1956–57 [letter from Peggy Guggenheim to D.C. Rich, Nov. 15, 1956, in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1957.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Washington, D.C., The Whyte Gallery, Hélion, November 6–30, 1939, no. 10, as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• New York, Gallery Georgette Passedoit, Hélion: Recent Paintings, March 25–April 6, 1940, no. 11., as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• Arts Club of Chicago, Hélion, January 6–27, 1943, no. 1, as Figures jumelles.
• New York, Art of This Century, Hélion, February 8–March 6, 1943, no. 9, as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings by Jean Hélion, 1928–1964, November 3–December 27, 1964, no. 14, as Twin Figures, 1939.
• Paris, Grand Palais, Jean Hélion: Cent tableaux 1928–1970, December 11, 1970–February 1, 1971, no cat. no., as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Jean Hélion: Abstraktion und Mythen des Alltags: Bilder, Zeichnungen, Gouachen 1925–1983, August 29–October 21, 1984, no. 62, as Zwillingsfiguren (Figures jumelles), 1938; traveled to Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, November 15, 1984–January 6, 1985; and Lisbon, Fundacão Calouste Gulbenkian, February 1985.
• Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Entartete Kunst, December 4, 1987–January 31, 1988.
• Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre national d’art et de culture, Jean Hélion, December 8, 2004–March 6, 2005, no cat. no., as Figures jumelles; traveled to
• Barcelona, Museu Picasso, March 17, 2005–June 19, 2005; and New York, National Academy of Design, July 14, 2005–October 9, 2005.

• Whyte Gallery, Hélion, exh. cat. (Washington D.C.: The Whyte Gallery, 1939), n.p., no. 10, as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• Meyer Schapiro, Hélion: Recent Paintings, exh. cat. (New York: Gallery Georgette Passedoit, 1940), n.p., no. 11., as Figures jumelles.
• J.W.L.,“The Splendid Tones in Helion’s Abstractions,” The Art News 38, 26 (1940), p. 16 (ill.), as Figures jumelles.
• Arts Club of Chicago, Hélion, exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club, 1943), n. p., no. 1, as Figures jumelles.
• Edward Alden Jewell, “French War Art on Exhibition Here,” New York Times (February 9, 1943), p. 26, as Figures jumelles.
• James Johnson Sweeney, Hélion, exh. cat. (New York: Art of This Century Gallery, 1943), n.p., no. 9, as Figures jumelles.
• Art Institute, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute, 1961), p. 214, as Twin Figures, 1938.
• Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings by Jean Hélion, 1928–1964, exh. cat. (New York: Foundation for Modern Art, 1964), p. 37, no. 14, as Twin Figures, 1939.
• Grand Palais, Jean Hélion: Cent tableaux 1928–1970, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre National d’Art Contemporain, 1970), p. 37 (ill.), as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• Daniel Abadie, Hélion, ou la force des choses (Brussels: La Connaissance, 1975), p. 48 (ill.), as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• René Micha, Hélion (Paris: Flammarion, 1979), pp. 26 (ill.), 96, as Figures jumelles, 1938.
• James A. Speyer and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth-Century European Paintings (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980), p. 45, cat. 2B1, as Twin Figures, 1938.

Reclining Man

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Lighting Girl's Cigarette (Jean Patchett), New York

Art Institute of Chicago

Black & White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Sleep, New York

Art Institute of Chicago

Homage to Helion

Art Institute of Chicago

Geese in a Farmyard

Art Institute of Chicago

Remembrance of Italy

Art Institute of Chicago

Souvenir of Tuscany

Art Institute of Chicago

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