Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 30 octobre 1957, 1957

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 194.8 x 129.8 cm (76 11/16 x 51 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Morton G. Neumann

Accession Number

1979.67.1

Artists / Makers

Pierre Soulages (artist) French, 1919 - 2022

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Inscription

lower left: soulages; reverse: 3 octobre 1957

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kootz, New York, by 1959;[1] (Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Paris), by 1960;[2] purchased by Morton G. Neumann [d.1985], Chicago; gift 1979 to NGA.

[1] They lent the painting to an exhibition in Minneapolis in 1959.

[2] The dealer lent the painting to a touring exhibition whose first venue was in Germany in 1960.

Associated Names

Neumann, Morton G., Mr.

Exhibition History

1957: Soulages, Kootz Gallery, New York, 1957, repro.

1959: School of Paris 1959: The Internationals, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1959, no. 65.

1960: Pierre Soulages, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover; Folkwang Museum, Essen; Gemeente Museum, The Hague; Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1960-1961, no. 50.

1996: Soulages-Noir Lumière, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1996, no. 24, repro.

2009: Pierre Soulages Retrospective, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museo de la Ciudad, Mexico City, 2009 -2010, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 380, repro.

1989: Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: repro. 84, 85.

1994: Emcrevé, Pierre. Soulages: L'oeuvre complet. I: 1946-1959. 3 vols. Paris, 1994: 1:244, no. 315, repro.

1994: Encrevé, Pierre. Soulages: L'oeuvre complet, Peintures. 4 vols. Paris, 1994-2015: 1(1994):244, no. 315, repro.