Document
Identification
Title
Portrait de l'oiseau qui n'existe pas
Catalogue description
A drawing in black ink on paper, signed and dated 1959. The Centre Pompidou records its acquisition as a gift from Claude Aveline in 1963.
Archive identifier
CAA-W-0192
Alternate titles
No 90.illustration d'un poeme de claude aveline (attributed title in the Centre Pompidou record)
Date
1959
Work category
Works on paper
Production type
Original
Physical description
Medium
Black ink
Support
Paper
Dimensions
32 × 24.5 cm
Signature
Signed and dated at lower right; titled at lower left
Inscriptions and markings
The Centre Pompidou records: S.D.S.D.B. DR., T. B.G. : ANDREOU 59 // (TITRE).
History and documentation
Provenance
Gift of Claude Aveline, 1963
Publication references
Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, collection record AM 2896 D, consulted 11 October 2026. The following three catalogue references are supplied by the museum’s bibliography; the Archive has not directly inspected the entries. View the work and its institutional record: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/ressources/oeuvre/cpjkLB
| 105 portraits de l'oiseau-qui-n'existe-pas sur un poème de Claude Aveline. Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, 29 October–8 December 1963. Paris: Ministère d'État / Affaires culturelles, 1963. Catalogue no. 6, without reproduction, according to the Centre Pompidou bibliography; entry not directly inspected.
| 108 Portraits de l'Oiseau-Qui-n'Existe-Pas sur un poème de Claude Aveline. Le Havre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 17 January–22 February 1970. Le Havre: Ancienne Imprimerie ETAIX, 1970. Catalogue no. 6, without reproduction, according to the Centre Pompidou bibliography; entry not directly inspected.
| 108 Portraits de l'Oiseau.Qui. N'Existe.Pas sur un poème de Claude Aveline. Paris, Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, 12 April–29 May 1978. Catalogue no. 6, without reproduction, according to the Centre Pompidou bibliography; entry not directly inspected.
Rights and collection
Present collection
Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Cabinet d'art graphique, inventory AM 2896 D