Hervé TÉLÉMAQUE (1937-2022). "Passage oblique (with date to remember)", 1976. Acrylic on triangular canvas, titled, signed and dated on the back (slight soiling). Height 176 cm - Width 200 cm Provenance : - Private collection of a member of the collector's collective La Peau du Chat, then by descent. Exhibition : - Hervé Télémaque : du coq à l'âne, May 23 to August 27, 2005, Musée de la Poste, Paris. Bibliography: - Hervé Télémaque: du coq à l'âne. Paris, 2005, Musée de la Poste, école nationale des Beaux-arts. Reproduced on page 39. Note: This work is part of Hervé Télémaque's "Passages" series, in which he favors flat tints; the cane, a recurring object in this series, refers to questions of volume treatment. It can also be a question of giving multiple meanings to banal, everyday objects. It's Hervé Télémaque's art to metamorphose referents and interweave them in an enigmatic play on meaning. Moreover, this innovative triangular shape (alongside other formats) is a personal choice by the artist, notably for the exhibition organized by ARC at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.