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The article discusses painter Jean Fautrier and his blue paintings, with reference to his Otages series, including "Tête d'otage," and his paintings of nudes, with reference to the colors of the paintings and analysis of the paintings as series. Topics discussed include background on Fautrier and these series of paintings, analysis of aesthetics, color use and commonalities with the works of painters Joan Miró and Yves Klein; and the paintings as resistant to cultural amnesia in the post World War II period.