Lot 168
  • 168

Serge Poliakoff

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Composition abstraite
  • signed

  • oil on canvas
  • 60.2 by 73.5cm.; 23 3/4 by 28 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1960.

Provenance

Knoedler & Co., New York

Exhibited

Oslo, Galleri Haaken, Serge Poliakoff, 1962
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Serge Poliakoff, 1972
Oslo, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Serge Poliakoff - Paintings and Prints, 1976, no. 49
Oslo, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Sal Haaken, 2003, p. 163, illustrated in colour 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are two minute cracks to the thicker brushstrokes towards the lower right hand corner. There is a tiny media accretion to the centre left of the composition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Alexis Poliakoff and is registered in his archives under number 960050