Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 30 octobre 1957
1957
Pierre Soulages
Artist, French, 1919 - 2022
East Building Upper Level, Gallery E407
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 194.8 x 129.8 cm (76 11/16 x 51 1/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1979.67.1
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
2019
Pierre Soulages: A Century, Lévy Gorvy Art Gallery, New York, 2019, 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.
Encrevé, Pierre. Soulages: L'oeuvre complet, Peintures. 4 vols. Paris, 1994-2015: 1(1994):244, no. 315, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: soulages; reverse: 3 octobre 1957
Wikidata ID
Q20194956