LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

76.77 in. (195.00 cm.) (height) by 51.18 in. (130.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 21 Nov 59 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie de France, Soulages, 1960, n.p. illustrated São Paulo, VII Bienal de São Paulo, 1963 Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Soulages, 1967, no. 35

Literature:

Pierre Encrevé, Soulages: L'Oeuvre Complet Peintures 1959-78, Vol. II, Paris 1995, p. 42, no. 395, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Galerie de France, Paris; Private Collection, Rome (acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1960); Thence by descent to the present owner