François Morellet

signed and dated 1952 on the reverse

23.5/8 x 23.5/8 in.; 60 x 60 cm

Collection Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1984)

Sale: Sotheby’s Paris, Art Contemporain, 2 June 2015, lot 13

Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above by the present owner)

Paris, Galerie Nancy Gillespie – Elisabeth De Laage, François Morellet, 23 September - 18 October 1978

La Roche sur Yon, Musée municipal, François Morellet, 8 April – 2 May 1983

Pori, Porin Taidemuseo, Forme vivante : Ranskan nykytaiteen perinne 1951-1983 = Modernismens tradition i Frankrike, 4 December 1983 - 14 May 1984; Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli, 5 January – 29 January 1984; Malmo Konsthall, 10 March – 14 May 1984; catalogue, no.77, illustrated

Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne; François Morellet, 5 March – 11 May 1986; Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, 2 June – 20 July 1986; catalogue, p. 31, illustrated in colour

Oldenburg, Stadtmuseum, François Morellet, 50 Werke aus 50 Jahren künstlerischer Arbeit 1945-1995, 9 June - 30 July 1995; catalogue, no.10, p.52, illustrated in colour

La Chaux de Fonds, Musée des Beaux-Arts, François Morellet – Trames, 27 September - 10 November 1996

Angers, Musée des Beaux-Arts, François Morellet – Peintre amateur – 1945 – 1968, 4 July - 12 October 1997; catalogue, no.25, p.66, illustrated in colour

New York, Dia:, Chelsea, François Morellet, 28 October 2017 – 2 June 2018; catalogue, p.105, illustrated in colour

The work is registered in the archives François Morellet under no. 52024.