Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Global Abstractions: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
Alfred Manessier
La grande racine
Auction Closed
May 13, 09:05 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Global Abstractions: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
Alfred Manessier
1911 - 1993
La grande racine
signed and dated 67; signed with the artist's initials, titled, dated 67 and inscribed A Plasse Lecaisne on the reverse
oil on canvas
63 ¾ by 63 ¾ in. 161.9 by 161.9 cm.
framed: 64 ½ by 64 ½ in. 163.8 by 163.8 cm.
We would like to thank Madame Christine Manessier, the artist’s daughter, for confirming the authenticity of this work. The work is recorded in the artist’s archives and will be included in the forthcoming Alfred Manessier Catalogue Raisonné currently in preparation under Madame Manessier’s direction.
Private Collection, France (by descent from the above)
Sotheby's, Paris, 9 December 2009, Lot 115
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Payerne, Abbey Museum (and traveling), Manessier, Oeuvre tissé, 1994, p. 124, illustrated
Bellelay, Abbey, Alfred Manessier, July – September 1970
Rambouillet, Palais du Roi de Rome, Alfred Manessier (1911-1993), Du trait à la couleur / Un choix d'oeuvres de 1935 à 1993, Dessin-Peinture-Tapisserie-Vitrail, March – May 2002
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Zacatecas, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez, Abstracciones: Nueva York, París, Cuenca, México, November 2015 - June 2016, pp. 118-119 and 219, illustrated in color