Pierre SOULAGES - Munich Olympic Games, 1972 - Lithograph signed in pencil
Lithograph No. 29
Original lithograph (3 color passages)
Signed in pencil
Numbered / 200 copies
On vellum 104 x 70 cm
REFERENCES: Catalogue raisonné of the original prints of Pierre Soulages, BNF #77.
Original lithograph created in 1972 for the Munich Olympic Games
Excellent condition
Dimensions :
- Height : 104 cm
- Width : 70 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.
