Adversité Généreuse

Details

GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)
Adversité Généreuse
signed ‘Mathieu’ (lower right)
alkyde on canvas
146 × 114 cm. (57 1/2 × 44 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1990

Provenance

Collection of the artist
Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Comite Georges Mathieu.

This painting is referenced among the authentic artworks of the « Archives by Jean-Marie Cusinberche on Georges Mathieu ».

Literature

Abbaye des Cordeliers, Mathieu. OEuvres monumentales 1958-1978 & Peintures récentes 1989-1990 (Période barbare), exh. cat., Châteauroux, France, 1990 (illustrated, n°25).
Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mathieu, exh. cat., Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 1992 (referenced, n° 18).

This work will be included in the forthcoming Georges Mathieu catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Comite Georges Mathieu (n°GM80054).

Exhibited

Châteauroux, France, Abbaye des Cordeliers, Mathieu. OEuvres monumentales 1958-1978 & Peintures récentes 1989-1990 (Période barbare), 15 June – 2 September 1990.
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mathieu, 26 June – 15 October 1992.

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Lot Essay

‘Nobody in the East has ever thought of rejecting any notion of artistic quality in calligraphy under the pretext that it is produced in a few seconds.’

Georges Mathieu

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