A painting by Pierre Soulages passed in February 2016 at Phillips. The catalogue from that sale includes a video. It is now estimated € 2M for sale by Sotheby's in Paris on June 6, lot 4. I discussed it as follows last year :
Black is a non-color. It differs from true colors by its intensity and violence. Its contrast over a white background, experienced long time ago by Malevich, is one of the basics of artistic expression. Pierre Soulages is the artist of the black.
Black must play with light. The greater or lesser intensity of Soulages's black is obtained by the thickness of the paint layer. More or less translucent bars ensure the transition between the thick strength of the absolute black and the light. The expressive effect is similar to the color transitions on the edges of Rothko's rectangles.
The fundamental use of black by Soulages comes in the following of Franz Kline. Soulages replaces Kline's impulsive line by positioning his black with a wide squeegee in a carefully controlled geometry.
The oil on canvas for sale is titled Peinture 162 x 130 cm - 14 Avril 1962, displaying a structured composition in a beautiful oblique. The white is slightly increased in blue.
SOLD for € 6.1M including premium
Black is a non-color. It differs from true colors by its intensity and violence. Its contrast over a white background, experienced long time ago by Malevich, is one of the basics of artistic expression. Pierre Soulages is the artist of the black.
Black must play with light. The greater or lesser intensity of Soulages's black is obtained by the thickness of the paint layer. More or less translucent bars ensure the transition between the thick strength of the absolute black and the light. The expressive effect is similar to the color transitions on the edges of Rothko's rectangles.
The fundamental use of black by Soulages comes in the following of Franz Kline. Soulages replaces Kline's impulsive line by positioning his black with a wide squeegee in a carefully controlled geometry.
The oil on canvas for sale is titled Peinture 162 x 130 cm - 14 Avril 1962, displaying a structured composition in a beautiful oblique. The white is slightly increased in blue.
SOLD for € 6.1M including premium
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