Pierre Soulages - Peinture 1947, ca.1960 - lithograph in colors Hand-signed

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Pierre Soulages
Peinture 1947

Lithograph in colors engraved by Sorlier, 1960, on Arches (watermark)

signed in pencil
numbered 92/150

This Lithograph was issued for the exhibition "Antagonismes" at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1960

Engraved by Sorlier and printed by Mourlot, Paris.

Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, publisher

In very good condition, with full margins, very well inked with strong contrast. Some pale staining on the right margin and one on the top margin without impact on the print and very slight
handling creases otherwise a very nice proof. Please note that the last picture is a simulation only, the artwork is NOT framed.

F. 90.5 x 56.5 cm. (35½ x 22¼ in.)

I. 74.2 x 47.8 cm. (29¾ x 18¾ in.)

Dimensions :
- Height : 90,5 cm
- Width : 56,5 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.