Alfred Manessier (1911-1993)
Marée basse
signed and dated 'Manessier 1954' (lower left); titled 'marée basse' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas laid down on board
45 x 63 3/4in. (114 x 162cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Galerie de France, Paris
Galerie Rusche, Cologne
Literature
B. Dorival, 'Alfred Manessier, Artisan Religieux', L'Oeil, Paris, no. 10, October 1955, p. 31 (illustrated).
P. Restany, 'L'Ecole de Paris et ses nouveaux maître; les peintres de 1945', in Adam, no. 250, December 1958-January 1959, p. 134 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-arts, Manessier, January-February 1955, no. 45.
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Manessier, February-April 1955, no. 46.
Tourcoing, Musée municipal des Beaux-arts, May-June 1955.
Lot Essay
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Madame Christine Manessier, Montrouge.