Lot 235
  • 235

SERGE POLIAKOFF | Composition abstraite

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Composition abstraite
  • signed 
  • oil on canvas
  • 81 x 65 cm; 31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in.
  • Painted in 1961.

Provenance

Knoedler & Co, New York
Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris
Oscar Mairlot, Brussels
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Serge Poliakoff, 14 October - 12 December 1981; catalogue, np., no. XIII, illustrated in colour

Literature

Alexis Poliakoff, Serge Poliakoff, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume III, 1959-1962, Paris, 2011, p. 230, no. 61-01, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. The canvas has been relined. The overall surface presents few stabilised cracks, visible upon close inspection only. Under Ultra Violet Light inspection multiple areas and spots fluoresce, mainly located along the edges.
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