Lot 27
  • 27

SERGE POLIAKOFF | Composition abstraite

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Composition abstraite
  • signed
  • oil on panel
  • 80,5 x 64,5 cm; 31  11/16  x 25  3/8  in.
  • Executed in 1956.

Provenance

Galerie Werner Rüsche, Cologne
Galerie Berggruen, Paris
Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, La Nouvelle Ecole de Paris, 13 December 1958 - 18 January 1959; catalogue, np., no. 59, illustrated

Literature

Alexis Poliakoff, Serge Poliakoff, Catalogue Raisonné Volume II, 1955 - 1958, Paris, 2010, p. 137, no. 56-62

Condition

The work is executed on board. Tiny losses are located along the upper edge near the rim. The varnish has slightly yellowed. Under Ultra Violet Light inspection several in-paintings fluoresce along each of the four edges - certainly due to former framing. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity established by Alexis Poliakoff.