Lot 188
  • 188

Serge Poliakoff

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Composition abstraite
  • signé
  • huile sur panneau
  • 33,3 x 41,2 cm; 13 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1947.

Provenance

Vente: Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhague, octobre 1966, lot 64
Vente: Kobenhavn Kunsthallen, Copenhague, 21 mars 1990, lot 31
Galerie Ubu, Knokke-Le-Zoute
Collection particulière, Belgique
Vente: Christie's, Londres, Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale, 6 février 2003, lot 624
Collection particulière, Bruxelles

Exhibited

Copenhague, Galerie Tokanten, Serge Poliakoff, 16 octobre - 28 octobre 1948; catalogue, no.14, illustré

Literature

Alexis Poliakoff, Serge Poliakoff, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1922-1954, Paris, 2004, p.282, no.47-29, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are deeper and the blue is more contrasted in the original work than in the catalogue illustration. Under Ultra Violet light inspection, some dots fluoresce along the edges and on the four corners, probably due to previous mounting. This work is in very good condition.
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