Alfred Manessier (1911-1993)
Plein-chant
signed and dated 'Manessier 55' (lower centre); titled 'PLEIN-CHANT' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 32in. (54.5 x 81.2cm.)
Painted in 1955
Please note that this work is sold with a photo-certificate by Christine Manessier numbered 134 1999.1 and dated 'Montrouge, le 25 mai 1999.'
Please note the correct title for the exhibition should read:
Hanover, Kestner-Geselschaft, Alfred Manessier, December 1958-January 1959, no. 43 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Essen, Museum for Folkwang, February-March 1959; The Hague, Gemeentmuseum, March-May 1959; Zurich, Kunsthaus, May-July 1959 (no. 42, entitled Gregorianischer Kirchengesang).
Please note the following additional provenance information for this work:
Galerie Anne Abels, Cologne.
Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Alfred Manessier catalogue raisonn being prepared by Christine Manessier, Montrouge.