Lot 189
  • 189

JACQUES VILLEGLÉ | Rue Brisemiche

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jacques Villeglé
  • Rue Brisemiche 
  • signed, titled and dated 21/02/73 on the reverse
  • torn posters laid down on canvas
  • 89,5 x 116 cm ; 35 1/4 x 45 11/16 in.
  • Executed in 1973.

Provenance

Paris, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Zabrieskie Gallery, Jacques Villeglé - Works / 1961-1989, 1989
New York, Zabrieskie Gallery, Changing group show, 1991
Luxembourg, Galerie Lucien Schweitzer, Luxembourg, 2000
Quimper, Le Quartier, Jacques Villeglé, 2006
Paris, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Villeglé, La peinture dans la non peinture, 2010; catalogue, p.18-19, illustrated in colour
Marseille, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Jacques Villeglé, 22 June - 16 August 2012; catalogue, p. 95, illustrated in colour

Literature

Catalogue thématique des affiches lacérées de Villeglé, Volume I, Paris, 1988, p.39, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate although slightly lighter than in the original work. All surface imperfections are in keeping with the artist's technique. This work is in good original condition.
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