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Nicolas de Staël
Paysage (Composition; Composition Rouge et Noire sur Fond Jaune; Paysage Rouge et Noir)
signed
oil on canvas
65 by 65 cm. 25 ⅝ by 25 ⅝ in.
Executed in 1951-1952.
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Details
signed
65 by 65 cm. 25 ⅝ by 25 ⅝ in.
Executed in 1951-1952.
Provenance
Jacques Dubourg, Paris
R.D.S. May, United Kingdom
Peter Gimpel, London (from at least 1956)
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich
Dr. Rudolf E. and Leonore Blum Collection, Zumikon (acquired from the above in 1962)
Christie's London, 1st July 2014, lot 50 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition
London, Matthiesen Gallery, Nicolas de Staël : Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, February - March 1952; catalogue, no. 21, p. 7, mentioned (titled Composition)
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Nicolas de Staël: 1914-1955, May - June 1956; catalogue, no. 23, p. 20, illustrated in black and white (titled Composition)
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Hamburg, Kunstverein, Nicolas de Staël, December 1959- January 1960; catalogue, no. 29, p. 22, illustrated in black and white (titled Composition rouge et noir sur fond jaune)
Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Nicolas de Staël, May - June 1960; catalogue, no. 47, p. 77, illustrated in black and white (titled Composition Rouge et Noir sur fond jaune)
Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie ; London, Gimpel Gallery, Nicolas de Staël, April - May 1963; catalogue, no. 11, p. 5, illustrated in black and white (titled Paysage, rouge et noir)
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Nicolas de Staël, July - September 1965
Zurich, Kunsthaus, 50 Jahre Kunsthandelsverband der Schweiz, September - November 1973, cat. no. 105, p. 52, illustrated in black and white (titled Paysage)
Literature
Maria Sophia Dall’Oglio, "Mostre Torinesi : Nicolas de Staël"in Literature, no. 43-45, January – June 1960, p. 317
Daniel Grojnowski, "Nicolas de Staël : Description d'un Itinéraire" in Critique, no. 234, November 1966, p. 946
Jacques Dubourg and Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël : Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures, Paris, 1968, no. 303, p. 173, illustrated
Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchatel, 1997, no. 324, p. 664 and illustrated p. 317
Françoise de Staël, Marie du Bouchet, Gustave de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 2021, no. 324, p. 269, illustrated in colour