Body and Soul
1957
Painter, French, 1898 - 1964
NGA, East Building, EU-407-A, N
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil and varnish with sand and dry pigment on paper mounted on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 96.5 x 129.8 cm (38 x 51 1/8 in.)
framed: 104.1 x 138 x 5.1 cm (41 x 54 5/16 x 2 in.) -
Accession
2003.138.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Galerie 22, Düsseldorf).[1] private collection, Paris, at least in 1960.[2] Mr. and Mrs. de Calatchi, Neuilly-sur-Seine, at least in 1980.[3] private collection, Paris; purchased 11 December 2003 through (Galerie Malingue, Paris) by NGA.
[1] According to provenance provided by Galerie Malingue.
[2] The painting was lent to the 1960 Venice Biennale by a private collection in Paris. It was lent to a 1958 exhibition in Leverkusen, Germany, by "Coll. A. E" that may or may not be the same collection.
[3] Mr. and Mrs. de Calatchi lent the painting to a 1980 exhibition in Cologne.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1957
Fautrier, 30 années de figuration informelle, Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1957.
1958
Jean Fautrier, Städtisches Museum, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, November-December 1958, unnumbered catalogue.
Fautrier, 1928 to 1958, Institute of Contemporary Art Gallery, London, June-August 1958, no. 11.
1959
Dokumenta II, Kunst nach 1945, Kasell, 1959, no. 4, repro.
1960
XXX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, 1960, no. 88 , Room 37.
1961
Fautrier, 10 peintures récentes, Galerie Europe, Paris, June-July 1961.
Fautrier, Målningar-Brancusi, Skulptur, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, September 1961, no. 1, repro.
1975
Hommage à Fautrier, Galerie Mony-Calatchi, Paris, 1975, no. 1, color repro. on cover.
1980
Jean Fautrier: Gemälde, Skulpturen und Handzeichnungen, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, February-April 1980, no. 106, color repro. 140.
Maîtres impressionnistes et modernes, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, June-July 1980, no. 23, color repro.
1988
Maîtres impressionnistes et modernes, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, 1988, no. 26, color repro.
1989
Fautrier, 1898-1964, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1989, no. 140, color repro.
1998
André Malraux: Notre ami, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1998, no. 132, color repro.
2002
Jean Fautrier, 1898-1964, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee; Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York; Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2002-2003, no. 33, color repro.
2014
Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, no. 21, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Fautrier 57
Wikidata ID
Q20194936