Details
Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)
Peinture, 14 avril 1949
signed and dated 'Soulages 49' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 3/8 x 75¾in. (130.5 x 192.5cm.)
Painted on 14 April 1949
Provenance
M. Munch Petersen, Aarhus-Jylland.
MM. Mogens & Jorgens Frese, Copenhagen (1951).
Galerie Artcurial, Paris (1985).
Galerie Melki, Paris (1986).
Literature
P. Encrevé, Soulages: L'Oeuvre Complet, Peintures 1946-1959, vol. I, Paris 1994, no. 27 (illustrated in colour p. 96).
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Salon de mai, May 1949.
Copenhagen, Charlottenborg, Levende Farver, September 1950, no. 181.
Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Documenta II, July-October 1959.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Fremmed Kunst I Dansk Eje, February-April 1964.
Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Soulages, January-April 1989, no. 15 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Valencia, IVAM
Centre Julio González, May-June 1989 and Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, July-September 1989.
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