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Lot Essay
'Plus tard encore les objets épaves: bois flottés, ossements, ferrailles qu'elle range dans ses armoires. Mais c'est ce que l'on verra ici. On verra du même coup qu'ayant cessé d'être peintre, Fièvre a gagné à l'égard de la peinture toutes libertés. Mieux: a laissé enfin toute liberté à la Peinture. Mieux encore: l'évènement qui commande la peinture, et seul la justifie.' (Jean Paulhan, cité in Yolande Fièvre 1907-1983, catalogue d'exposition, Genève, Galerie Bonnier, 1990, p. 6).
'Even later, found objects: driftwood, bones, scrap metal that she stashed away in her cupboards. That's what we will see here. At the same time, we will see that having given up being painter, Fiève gained total freedom in her painting. Better still, she finally gave Painting a free hand. In fact, she went so far as to be led by the event which dictated the painting, and was its sole justification.' (Jean Paulhan, cited in Yolande Fièvre 1907-1983, exh. cat., Geneva, Galerie Bonnier, 1990, p. 6).
'Even later, found objects: driftwood, bones, scrap metal that she stashed away in her cupboards. That's what we will see here. At the same time, we will see that having given up being painter, Fiève gained total freedom in her painting. Better still, she finally gave Painting a free hand. In fact, she went so far as to be led by the event which dictated the painting, and was its sole justification.' (Jean Paulhan, cited in Yolande Fièvre 1907-1983, exh. cat., Geneva, Galerie Bonnier, 1990, p. 6).