Pierre SOULAGES - Berggruen, 1957 - Signed lithograph, Mourlot
Berggruen 1957
Lithograph in 4 color passes after a gouache by the artist
Mourlot Workshop
Signed in the plate
On thick paper, 22 x 23.5 cm
Limited edition of 1500 unnumbered copies
INFORMATION:
Magnificent lithographic cover from the Berggruen catalogue for a Soulages exhibition in 1957.
Catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition of gouaches and engravings by Soulages organized at the Berggruen Gallery with the support of the Galerie de France, this booklet, the twenty-third
of
there
The Berggruen collection was completed in October 1957 on the presses of Imprimerie Union in Paris for typography and in the workshops of Daniel Jacomet for phototype and the
stencils.
Good overall condition, median folds as printed, some foxing and sunspots or minor flaws
Dimensions :
- Height : 22 cm
- Width : 23.5 cm
Pierre Soulages :
Born in 1919 in Rodez (Aveyron, France), Pierre Soulages is a french painter and engraver associated since the end of the 1940's to abstract art. He is particuliarly known for his use of reflects in the «black» color, which he called "noir-lumière" or "outrenoir". He realized about1 550 paintings all called «Peinture» followed by their size, he is one of the major representatives of informal painting. Since 1975 the painter received many prizes (Great Prize of painting of Paris, Rembrandt Prize, Great national painting prize, Praemium Imperiale «Painting» category ...). The Soulages museum in Rodez, launched in 2014, keeps the artist's greatest collection in the world.
