Jean Benoît (Québec, 1922 - Paris, 2010)
La dinde de Noël de François Mauriac, circa 1958-1959
Object-box: taxidermized turkey legs, lace, rosary, ribbons
Label from the EROS exhibition on the plinth
Signed and titled in ink on the back "La dinde de Noël de Francois Mauriac Jean Benoît"
21,5 x 32,5 x 8 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris

Exhibitions:
- Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, "Exposition inteRnatiOnale du Surréalisme (EROS)", 15 December 1959 - 15 February 1960
- Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, "Jean Benoît", Paris, 9 - 31 October 1996, illustrated in the catalogue p. 43
- Québec, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, "Mimi Parent, Jean Benoit, Surréalistes", 1 April - 24 October 2004, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 37 p. 138

Bibliography:
- "Jean Benoit, un peintre canadien se fait le héraut du surréalisme", La presse, 16 January 1960, illustrated in the catalogue p. 35
- J. Meleze, "Jean Benoît, la provocation de l'exhibitionnisme", Pariscope, n°1481, 2 - 9 oct. 1996, illustrated in the catalogue p. 66
- A. Le Brun, "Jean Benoît", Ed. Filipacchi, Levallois-Perret, 1996, illustrated in the catalogue p. 43