With specimens from Hantaï's painterly «Mariale» series (1960 - 62) to the almost Matisse - like «Meuns» (1967 - 8) and the
frenetic «Études» (1968 - 1971), where the negative space forms take on a wing - like
nature, the Mnuchin Gallery succinctly
paints a portrait
of Hantaï's dramatic evolution in a short span
of time.