Lot 194
  • 194

Roger Bissière

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Roger Bissière
  • Composition 67 (Tache verte)
  • signé et daté 53
  • tempera sur papier marouflé sur panneau
  • 31 x 39 cm; 12 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1953.

Provenance

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Collection particulière, Oslo

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d’art Moderne, Bissière, 9 avril - 10 mai 1959; catalogue, no. 68, illustré

Literature

Isabelle Bissière et Virginie Duval, Bissière, Catalogue Raisonné 1944-1964, Lausanne, 2001, no. 1914, p. 643, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is dimmer in the original work. The edges of the paper are uneven, inherent to the technique, and there are six pinholes. This work is in excellent condition.
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