Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969)

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Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969)
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signed 'Serge Poliakoff' (lower right)
oil on canvas
63¾ x 51¼in. (162 x 130cm.)
Painted in 1967

Provenance

Galerie Cavalero, Cannes.
Lefebre Gallery, New York.
Anon. sale, Germann Auktionhaus Zurich, 17 November 1998, lot 40.
Anon. sale, Germann Auktionhaus Zurich, 23 November 2004, lot 31.
Opera Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

Caen, Théatre et Maison de la Culture, Serge Poliakoff, 1968.
Cannes, Galerie Cavalero, Serge Poliakoff, 1968, no. 4.
New York, Lefebre Gallery, Serge Poliakoff, 1968 (illustrated in colour on the cover).

Further details

This work will be included in the forthcoming Serge Poliakoff Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Alexis Poliakoff, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Form goes on towards infinity and can become a monumental fresco look at the form in the centre: immobile, silent that's what I look for If I begin the composition from the centre, the painting, no matter how great the dimensions, becomes very small.

Serge Poliakoff, as quoted in F. Brtsch, Serge Poliakoff (1900- 1969), Editions et Calendes, Neuchbtel, 1993, p. 37.

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