Lot 20
  • 20

Serge Poliakoff

Estimate
220,000 - 280,000 EUR
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Gris et rouge
  • signé
  • huile sur toile
  • 160 x 130 cm; 63 x 51 1/8 in
  • Exécuté en 1964.

Provenance

Collection Dr. René Theler, Bâle (acquis directement auprès de l'artiste en 1966)
Vente, Christie's, Londres, 30 novembre 1989, lot 718
Vente: Sotheby's, Londres, 30 juin 1994, lot 168
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, Serge Poliakoff, 1966, no. 89
Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden, Serge Poliakoff, 1971, no. 24

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Under UV light there is no evidence of any retouching. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed; oil on canvas. Executed in 1964.

Le tableau doit être monumental, c'est à dire plus grand que ses dimensions.
Serge Poliakoff

Fig.1. Serge Poliakoff au Pavillon Français de la 31e Biennale de Venise, 1962. - © Pierre Descargues, ADAGP.