HENRIETTE ZEPHIR
(1920-2012, France)

Mediumistic artist who, considering herself an instrument of forces of the netherworld, devoted her life to the fulfillment of the expressive demands of her spirit guide. Working in trance-like sessions, Zephir would follow the guide’s commands by compulsively filling pages with lines  or by scrupulously transcribing dictated messages from another planet. Identified by Jean Dubuffet, this clairvoyant’s meandering creations were subsequently exhibited in 1967.