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Lithograph no. 4

1957

Pierre Soulages

Associated Names

Pierre Soulages

Artist, French, 1919 - 2022

The image displays intersecting rectangular and cylindrical shapes in black, teal, and purple. The composition resembles books standing on their spines or a cityscape viewed from above, with shadowed skyscrapers reaching into the sky. The layered arrangement of shapes creates depth and dimension.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 66.2 × 50.4 cm (26 1/16 × 19 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1963.11.197
Catalogue Raisonné

Encrevé 2022, no. 47

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2022

Encrevé, Pierre, and Marie Cécile Miessner, eds. Soulages: l'oeuvre imprimé. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 2022: no. 47.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 9/16; lower right: [Soulages?]; verso by later hand: LX Comosition III

Watermarks

BFK Rives

Wikidata ID

Q65511665

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