LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

63.78 in. (162.00 cm.) (height) by 51.18 in. (130.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed; signed, dated 14 avril 62 and dated 1962 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, . Pierre Soulages: Retrospective Exhibition, 19 April - 22 May 1966. Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne,. Soulages, 22 March - 21 May 1967; catalogue, illustrated. Montréal, Musée d'Art Contemporain; Québec, Musée du Québec, . Soulages, 23 July - 21 October 1968

Literature:

James Johnson Sweeney,. Soulages , Neuchatel, 1972, no. 84, p. 133, illustrated. James Johnson Sweeney and Pierre Daix,. Pierre Soulages , Neuchâtel, 1991, pp. 108, no. 230, illustrated. Pierre Encrevé,. Soulages, L'Oeuvre Complet, Peintures, Volume II, 1959-1978, Paris, 1995, no. 489, pp. 104-105, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kootz Collection, New York (acquired in 1962 from the artist). Private Collection. Sale: Sotheby's, London,. Contemporary Art Evening Sale, 6 December 1990, lot 28. Private Collection, Switzerland