Georges Mathieu

Collection Michel Tapié, Paris
Galerie Agora, Paris
Collection particulière, Allemagne

Paris, Grand Palais, FIAC 3ème édition, Galerie Agora, Paris, 1976
Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Mathieu, une rétrospective, 2002 ; itinérante, Liège, Salle Saint-Georges, Mathieu, une rétrospective, 2003 ; Milan, Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese - Reffetorio delle Stelline, Mathieu, una retrospettiva, 2003 ; catalogue, illustré en couleurs pp.148-149 (à l'envers)

Georges Mathieu, Mathieu, Paris, 1993, p.222, citation
Georges Mathieu, Mathieu, 50 ans de création, Paris, 2003, p. 260, citation

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is warmer in the original. The work is in very good condition. A few stable cracks are visible upon close inspection in the white impasto. The work is not relined. Under UV light, 3 traces fluoresce in the upper right quadrant of the work (approx. 1cm each), at the location of old fixed restorations not visible at day's light.
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titled on the back; oil on canvas. Executed in 1957.