Lot 172
  • 172

Martin Barré

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Martin Barré
  • 75-76-C-123 x 116
  • signé, daté et titré au dos
  • acrylique sur toile

  • 123 x 116 cm; 48 1/2 x 41 3/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1975-1976.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Belgique

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Gérald Piltzer, Martin Barré, 1976
Liége, Echevinat des Travaux Publics et des Musées, 35 ans de l'APIAW, Millénaire de la Principauté de Liège, 1980, no.14

Literature

Martine Deborne, Cimaise, Paris, Martin Barré, le parti pris du tableau, octobre 1976, no.128
Martine Deborne, Cimaise, Paris, Tiré à Part, Martin Barré, le parti pris du tableau, octobre 1976
Yve-Alain Bois, Martin Barré, Paris, 1993, p.102, illustré

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed, dated and titled on the back; acrylic on canvas. Executed in 1975-1976.

" Chaque nouvelle série de peintures de Martin Barré est un événement. Depuis des années maintenant, les critiques écrivent sur le processus d'élimination radical de son art, sur sa ténuité délibérée, soustractive, sa tendance à l'invisible" (Ann Hindry, 1989).