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« Je n'ai jamais pensé que la dimension d'une œuvre d'art serait réductible à sa taille... mais quand une peinture est audacieuse (Bold), brillante dans son exécution technique (Brilliant), et que de surcroît elle est grande (Big), il pourrait être permis un accroc à l'emploi nécessairement parcimonieux du terme ‘chef-d'œuvre’... » FRANCK PRAZAN

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"I have never thought that the greatness of a work of art could be measured simply by its size – but when a painting is daring (Bold) and executed with consummate skill (Brilliant), as well as being large (Big), a breach in the observance of due sparingness in the use of the term 'masterpiece' is perhaps permissible."

FRANCK PRAZAN

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Nicolas de STAËL 1914–1955

Grande composition bleue 1950–1951 Oil on Masonite 200 x 150 cm provenance

Private collection, Paris exhibited

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 27 May – 11 July 1965; Zurich, Kunsthaus, 21 July – 5 Sept. 1965; Nicolas de Staël, cat. no. 30, ill.

Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 22 May – 24 Aug. 1981; London, The Tate Gallery, 7 Oct. – 29 Nov. 1981; Nicolas de Staël, cat. no. 46, ill.

Grenoble, Musée de peinture et de sculpture, Nicolas de Staël, 21 June – 24 Sept. 1984, col. ill.

Saint-Étienne, Musée d'art moderne, L’art en Europe, les années décisives 1945–1953, 10 Dec. 1987 – 28 Feb. 1988, cat., ill. p. 202 Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, 2 July – 22 Sept.

1991; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 7 Oct. – 2 Dec. 1991; Nicolas de Staël, cat. no. 19, f/p col. ill. p. 65 Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Nicolas de Staël, 24 Sept. – 27 Nov. 1994, cat. no. 46, col. ill.

Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Nicolas de Staël, 12 Mar. – 30 June 2003, cat. no. 73, f/p col. ill. p. 109 literature

Jacques Dubourg, Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Éditions Le Temps, Paris 1968, no. 494, ill. p. 219 Jean-Pierre Jouffroy, La mesure de Nicolas de Staël, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel 1981, no. 7, col. ill. p. 27 Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel 1997, no. 263, f/p col. ill. p. 292 Marie du Bouchet, Nicolas de Staël, Une illumination sans précédent, Découvertes Gallimard, Paris 2003, f/p col. ill. p. 63 Jean-Claude Marcadé, Nicolas de Staël, Peintures et dessins, Éditions Hazan, Paris 2008, fig. 66, f/p col. ill. p. 119

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Nicolas de STAËL Grande composition bleue 1950–1951

Jean FAUTRIER 1898–1964

La Mort du sanglier 1927

Oil on canvas Signed upper left 162 x 130 cm provenance

Collection of Florence J. Gould, Cannes Private collection, USA exhibited

Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Jean Paulhan à travers ses peintres, 2 Feb. – 13 Apr. 1974, catalogue edited by André Berne-Jouffroy, no. 549 literature

Palma Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier, Catalogo delle Opere, Il Saggiatore, Milan 1960, no. 68, ill. p. 296

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Jean FAUTRIER La Mort du sanglier 1927

Manolo MILLARES 1926–1972

Cuadro 72 1959

Mixed media on canvas Signed lower left; signed, titled and dated on the stretcher 130 x 162 cm provenance

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris Galería Trece, Barcelona Private collection, Spain Galería Mayoral, Barcelona exhibited

Montauban, Festival du Languedoc, 7th Salon du SudOuest, Canogar, Cuixart, Millares, Saura, Tàpies. Jeune École Espagnole, 19 June – 17 July 1960, cat. no. 17 Rimini, 1 Aug. – 15 Sept. 1964; Florence, 15 Oct. – 25 Nov. 1964; Ferrara, 15 Dec. 1964 – 15 Jan. 1965; Reggio Emilia, 15 Feb. – 15 Mar. 1965; Venice, 15 Apr. – 15 May 1965; España libre: esposizione d’arte spagnola contemporanea (del ventennale della resistenza), cat.

Barcelona, Galería Trece, Manolo Millares, 20 Jan. – 14 Feb. 1976 literature

Goya, no. 127, "Millares", Madrid, July-Aug. 1975, ill. p. 55 Solidaridad Nacional, Francisco Torra, "El mundo dramático de Manuel Millares", Barcelona 1976, ill.

Guadalimar, no. 9, "Millares", Madrid, Jan. 1976, ill. p. 12 Artes Plásticas, no. 5, Eduardo Alaminos, "Manolo Millares, la pintura de lo absoluto", Madrid, Feb. 1976, col. ill. p. 23.

Artes Plásticas, no. 9, José Corredor Matheos, "La pintura española desde la postguerra a la actualidad", Madrid, June 1976, ill. p. 32 Guadalimar, no. 20, "Lanzarote – Museo de San José", Madrid, Feb. 1977, ill. p. 92.

Artes Plásticas, no. 18, Arnau Puig, "El arte español desde el Renacimiento hasta la actualidad", Madrid, June 1977, ill. p. 34 Alfonso de La Torre, Manolo Millares, Pinturas, Catalogo Razonado, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía y Fundación Azcona, Madrid 2004, no. 156, ill. p. 189

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Manolo MILLARES Cuadro 72 1959

antoni tàpiES 1923–2012

Cross in Linen 1962

Mixed media on canvas Signed and dated on the reverse 196 x 259 cm provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York Collection of Joseph Pinto, New York His family by descent exhibited

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes; Phoenix, Phoenix Art Center; Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum; Los Angeles, Felix Landau Gallery; Antoni Tàpies, 1962–1963 New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Antoni Tàpies, 1963 literature

Giuseppe Gatt, Antoni Tàpies, Cappelli Editore, Bologna 1967, pl. 135, ill.

Michel Tapié, Antoni Tàpies, Fratelli Fabbri, Milan 1969, pl. 157, ill.

Alexandre Cirici, Tàpies, Testimoni del silenci, Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona 1970, pl. 185, ill. p. 211 Antoni Tàpies, Edmond Raillard, Mémoires, Galilée, Paris 1981, ill. p. 356 Antoni Tàpies, Angelika Bärmann, Matthias Bärmann, Erinnerungen: Fragment einer Autobiographie, Vol. II, Erker, St. Gallen 1988, pl. 2, ill. p. 249 Anna Agusti, Tàpies, The Complete Works, Volume 2: 1961–1968, Fundació Antoni Tàpies and Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona 1990, no. 1046, f/p. ill. p. 85

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Antoni TÀPIES Cross in Linen 1962

Pierre SOULAGES born 1919

Peinture 202 x 256 cm 4 janvier 1974 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse 202 x 256 cm provenance

The Artist Important museum, Japan (acquired from the above in 1983) exhibited

Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 29 Jan. – 28 Feb. 1975, cat. no. 43, ill.; Madrid, Salas del Patrimonio Artistico y Cultural, May – June 1975, cat. no. 44; Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 25 July – 12 Oct. 1975, cat. no. 46, ill.; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dec. 1975 – Jan. 1976; Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Feb. 1976; Maracaibo, Museo Maracaibo, Mar. 1976; Brasilia, Fundaçao Cultural, Apr. 1976; São Paulo, Museu da Universidade, May 1976; Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna, June 1976, cat. no. 44; Soulages: Peintures et Gravures Saint-Étienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Pierre Soulages, 18 Nov. – 20 Dec. 1976, cat. no. 51, col. ill. p. 48 & p. 58 Mulhouse, Maison de la Culture, Pierre Soulages, 1977 Kruishoutem, Fondation Veranneman, Soulages, 22 May – 21 July 1979, cat., col. ill.

Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 17 Oct. – 31 Dec. 1979; Liège, Musée du Parc de la Boverie, 23 Feb. – 6 Apr. 1980; Pierre Soulages: Peintures Récentes, cat., ill.

Salzburg, Künstlerhaus, 28 July – 24 Oct. 1980, Pierre Soulages, cat.

Aarhus, Kunstbygning, 4-26 Sept. 1982; Esbjerg, Kunstpavillon, 2-24 Oct. 1982; Copenhagen, Charlottenborg, 19 Nov. – 16 Dec. 1982; Pierre Soulages, cat. no. 31 Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden, 18 June – 2 Oct. 1983, Soulages, peintures, cat. no. 12 Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, 2 Jan. – 15 Feb. 1984, Soulages, cat. no. 29, col. ill. p. 63 literature

Bernard Ceysson, Soulages, Flammarion, Paris 1979, col. ill. pp. 66-67 Pierre Daix and J. J. Sweeney, Pierre Soulages: L'Œuvre 1947– 1990, Ides et Calendes, Lausanne 1991, col. ill. pp. 152-153 Pierre Encrevé, Soulages, L'œuvre complet, Peintures II, 1959–1978, Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1995, no. 709, col. ill. pp.

248-249

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pierre Soulages Peinture 202 x 256 cm 4 janvier 1974

Jean-Paul RIOPELLE 1923–2002

La Forêt ardente 1955

Oil on canvas Signed lower right 193 x 231 cm provenance

Collection of Sen. Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski, Toronto exhibited

Quebec, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Pavillon Pierre Lassonde, Mitchell/Riopelle, un couple dans la démesure, 12 Oct. 2017 – 7 Jan. 2018; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Mitchell/Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation, 18 Feb. – 6 May 2018; cat. no. 9, f/p col. ill. p. 49 literature

Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, catalogue raisonné, vol.

2, 1954–1959, Acatos/Hibou Éditeurs, Moudon/Montreal 2004, no. 1955.072H.1955, double p. col. ill. pp. 210-211

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Jean-Paul RIOPELLE La Forêt ardente 1955

georges mathieu 1921–2012

Couronnement d’étienne de Blois, Comte de Boulogne et Roi d’Angleterre, par Guillaume, Archevêque de Cantorbéry 1956

Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 199 x 396 cm provenance

Collection of Donald Gomme, UK (acquired from the Artist in 1957) Important private European Collection exhibited

London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Mathieu, July – Aug. 1956, no. 2 Paris; Fiac, Grand Palais, 23 – 26 oct. 2014; Applicat-Prazan, Rive gauche, Rive droite, 4 Nov. – 20 Dec. 2014; Georges Mathieu, Peintures 1948 – 1959, cat., col. ill. p. 18, col. ill. pp. 36–37 literature

Mathieu, autour de La Bataille d’Hastings, exh. cat., Réfectoire des Jacobins, Toulouse 1995, p. 10 & p. 11

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georges mathieu couronnement d'ÉTIENNE de bloiS 1956

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