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PIERRE SOULAGES (1919-2022)

Lot 30
26.09.2024 10:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 36 675 000
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ID 1303664
Lot 30 | PIERRE SOULAGES (1919-2022)
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HKD 33 000 000 – 55 000 000
PIERRE SOULAGES (1919-2022)
Peinture 162 x 130 cm, 26 mai 1963
signed and dated ‘Soulages 63’ (lower right); signed and dated ‘26 Mai 63 SOULAGES’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
162.3 x 130 cm. (64 x 51 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1963




Provenance

Kootz Gallery, New York
Galerie de France, Paris (acquired in 1970)
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1972)
Christie’s London, 30 November 1989, lot 759
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby’s London, 30 November 1994, lot 47
Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg
Essl:44 Works, Christie’s London, 13 October 2014, lot 36
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

Arte francesca depois de 1950, exh. cat., Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1971 (listed, no. XXXVIII, p. 34).
P. Encrevé, Soulages, L'oeuvre complet Peintures II. 1959-1978, Paris 1995 (illustrated, no. 498, p. 134).
Sammlung Essl - the first view, exh. cat., Klosterneuburg, Sammlung Essl - Kunst der Gegenwart, 1999 (illustrated, p. 153).
Pierre Soulages: Painting the Light, exh. cat., Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum - Kunst der Gegenwart, 2006 (illustrated, p. 12, 22 and 45).
P. Encrevé, Soulages Les peintures 1946-2006, Seuil, PAris, 2007 (mentioned, no. 498, p.161)
Wege der Abstrakten Malerei, Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko und die Folgen,exh. cat.,Vienna, Kunstforum, 2008 (illustrated, no. 58, p. 151, 168, and 193).



Exhibited

New York, Kootz Gallery, Soulages, January-February 1964.
Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte francesca depois de 1950, May-July 1971.
Paris, Galerie de France, 25 Ans de Peinture en France, 1972. This exhibition later travelled to New York, Kootz Gallery.
Klosterneuburg, Sammlung Essl - Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl - the first view, November 1999 - October 2000.
Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum - Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl – Permanent 02, March 2002 - May 2003.
Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum - Kunst der Gegenwart, Pierre Soulages: Painting the Light, June-September 2006.
Vienna, Kunstforum, Wege der Abstrakten Malerei, Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko und die Folgen, February-June 2008.
Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum - Kunst der Gegenwart, Vier Tage Sammlung Essl, November 2009.
Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum - Kunst der Gegenwart, CORSO, Werke der Sammlung Essl im Dialog, January-November 2010.
Rodez, Musée Soulages, 2021-2024 (on long-term loan).
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