The Power of the Line in Modern Art

The Power of the Line in Modern Art

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  Jean Dubuffet, Massif Aux Echancres, Estimate €700,000–1,000,000

  Although these artists have very distinct aesthetics and styles, they seem moved by the same appetite for novelty and the same avant-garde spirit. Today, they are celebrated as the great masters of the second half of the XXth century who have significantly contributed to redefining contemporary art.

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  Jean Dubuffet, Champ Psychophysique, Estimate €150,000–200,000
  

  Jean Dubuffet, one of the most radical and visionary artists of the post-war era, is widely considered as the founding father of art brut and one of the crucial figures of Art Informel. Here, he is represented through two works that show the extent of this immense artist’s capacity to renew himself throughout his career by developing a unique and startling artistic style.

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  Hans Hartung, T1962-L17, Estimate €300,000–500,000

  T1962-L17, executed by Hans Hartung, is both magnetic and monumental, reminding us how this franco-german artist, already a leading figure in the Lyric Abstration and Action Painting movements, became one of the protagonists of the Seconde Ecole de Paris. Nicolas de Staël, and Serge Poliakoff, whose historical works are also presented here, were also important contributors to these artistic movements.

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  Serge Poliakoff, Composition Abstraite, Estimate €150,000–200,000
  

  “Poliakoff’s paintings are revealed from the interior rather than the exterior. This is true, not only for the structure and organization of his pictures, but also for the dimensions of his art. It is abstract and remote from all nature because it is Nature itself... they invite one to be absorbed by them; they encourage meditation and are open to it.” Wieland Schmied

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  Nicolas de Staël, Composition, Estimate €150,000–200,000

  These four artists, who tackled the greatest modern artistic movements of our time in extraordinary ways, some contributing to their reconstruction, others breaking away from them radically, managed to reinvent and charm the public through art. Today, they are reunited among a remarkable ensemble, brought together by the passion of knowledgeable and savvy collectors. It is up to us to draw inspiration from their work, meditate on an artistic antidote, a promise of a dreamlike spring, or simply to let ourselves be enthralled by the purest form.

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