LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

76.77 in. (195.00 cm.) (height) by 61.02 in. (155.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated ‘Soulages 57 (lower right); dated ‘7_Février 1957’ (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Kootz Gallery, Soulages, 1957.Carcassone, L’arrière-pays, cité de Carcassonne, 1992 (illustrated in colour).

Literature:

P. Encrevé, Soulages, L'oeuvre complet Peintures I. 1946-1959, Paris 1994, pp. 107 and 294, no. 280 (illustrated in colour, p. 242).

Provenance:

Kootz Gallery, New York.Jacques Gelman, New York.Anon. sale, Palais Galliera Paris, 18 June 1971, lot 101.Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.