The Private Calligraphy of Henri Michaux

The Private Calligraphy of Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux, “Untitled” (1956), graphite, black and coloured inks on paper (© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025)LONDON — Henri Michaux, a 20th-century Belgian poet and painter who spent much of his life sequestered in a relatively decrepit hotel particulier on the Left Bank of Paris, loathed being photographed. In fact, his relatively bland and nondescript appearance made it perfectly evident that he was determined, above all else, to live un…