Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)

Peinture 17 octobre 1964

细节

Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)
Peinture 17 octobre 1964
signed 'Soulages' (lower left); signed and dated 'Soulages 17.10.64' (on the reverse), signed, titled and dated 'Peinture 17.10.64 Soulages' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
36.1/8 x 28in. (92 x 72.5cm.)
Painted in 1964

来源

Knoedler and Co., New York.
M. Thodore Schempp, Northport, Long Island.
Galerie Giana Sistu, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1975.

出版

P. Encrev, Soulages, l'Oeuvre Complet Peintures 1959-1978, vol. II, Paris 1995, no. 544 (illustrated in colour p. 159).

拍品专文

Alberto Burri was the first to introduce fire in 1955 as a new expressive technique, even before Yves Klein. He initially used it on wood and paper. From 1956 he used it on other materials, especially on plastics, thereby achieving in his work a dramatic intensity by transforming insignificant and dead material into a living work of art.
"Fire is one of the fundamental elements of life, extremely dangerous and difficult to control; Burri uses the flames as a brush to evoke colour...he does not provoke destruction, as one could easily fear, fire becomes instead an expressive medium suitable to create forms" (Chiari Sarteanesi, La Collezione Burri, Perugia 1995, p. 28).