Lot 3
  • 3

Pierre Soulages

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Pierre Soulages
  • Peinture sur papier
  • signé et daté
  • gouache sur papier marouflé sur toile
  • 75 x 57 cm; 29 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
  • Exécuté en 1977.

Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie de France, FIAC et 3 faubourg Saint-Honoré, Soulages - Bronzes et Peintures sur Papier, 1977; plaquette-poster, illustré en pleine page

Condition

Executed on a beige wove paper laid down on canvas by the artist. The artist pinholes are visible: at the 2 right corners and towards the lower left corner. There is a small dent at the centre and 5,5 cm from the top edge. There is a 1 cm thin surface scratch at 6 cm from the top edge and 5 cm from the right one. Some spots of discoloration are visible, due to a few drops of water, mostly to the lower left part of the composition, above the signature. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; gouache on paper laid down on canvas. Executed in 1977.

Affiche de l'exposition Soulages - Bronzes et Peintures sur Papier,  organisée en 1977 à la Galerie de France, Paris. © D.R.