Lot 184
  • 184

Serge Poliakoff

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 EUR
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • Composition
  • signé au dos
  • huile sur toile
  • 92 x 73 cm; 36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1963.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Paris

Condition

Condition: This work is in very good condition. The canvas has not been relined. There is a media mark at the lower centre of the composition. An impact crack with slightly raised edges is visible at 21 cm from the upper edge and 34 cm from the left one and there are some tiny patches of craquelures in the lower left quadrant. Under UV light there is one small spot of retouching at the upper left corner. Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly more vibrant and the tones are slightly lighter in the original.
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Catalogue Note

signed on the back; oil on canvas. Executed in 1963.

Fig. 1 Serge Poliakoff dans son atelier rue de Seine, vers 1967 © droits réservés