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Composition grise
Details
Roger Bissìere (1888-1964)
Composition grise
signed and dated 'Bissìere - 64' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ x 21¼in. (64.8 x 54cm.)
Painted in 1964
Composition grise
signed and dated 'Bissìere - 64' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ x 21¼in. (64.8 x 54cm.)
Painted in 1964
Provenance
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
Acquired from the above by Pierre Bérès in 1964.
His sale, Sotheby's London, 30 November 1993, lot 31.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by Pierre Bérès in 1964.
His sale, Sotheby's London, 30 November 1993, lot 31.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Schulmann, 'Le Pavillon Français de 1948 à 1998', in La France à Venise, exh. cat., Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, May-September 1990, (illustrated, p. 64).
I. Bissière & V. Duval, Bissière, catalogue raisonné 1944-1964, Lausanne 2001, no. 2887 (illustrated in colour, p. 984).
I. Bissière & V. Duval, Bissière, catalogue raisonné 1944-1964, Lausanne 2001, no. 2887 (illustrated in colour, p. 984).
Exhibited
Venice, XXXII Biennale d'Arte di Venezia, 1964, no. 40.
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Roger Bissière, July-October 1966.
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Roger Bissière, July-October 1966.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium