Lot 118
  • 118

Serge Poliakoff

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Composition abstraite
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 73 x 60 cm; 28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1956.
huile sur toile
signé en bas à droite

Provenance

Knoedler & Co., New York
Madame Bernard Collection, Saint-Cloud
Sale: Palais Galliera, Tableaux Modernes, Sculptures, 29 November 1972, lot 141
Private Collection, France

Literature

Votre Maison, December - January 1962, illustrated in colour on the cover 
Connaissance des Arts, Le Guide 1973 des ventes publiques à Paris,  1973, p. 84, illustrated
Louis Manque, Coins du feu et cheminées, Paris, p. 41
Alexis Poliakoff, Serge Poliakoff Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II 1955-1958, Paris, 2010, p. 146, no. 56-82, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is less contrasted in the original work. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. There are some faint imperfections and light rub marks on the surface of the work. Under Ultra Violet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. This work is in very good condition.
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