Lot 8. Pierre Soulages (b. 1919), Peinture 97 x 147 cm, 2 février 1954, oil on canvas, 96,5 x 146 cm; 38 x 57 1/2 in. Estimate: €2,500,000 - €3,500,000. © Sotheby's

Provenance: Kootz Gallery, New York (acquired in 1954)
Private Collection, New York (acquired in 1960)
Private Collection, France.

Exhibited: New York, Kootz Gallery,  Soulages, 26 April - 15 May 1954
Chicago, Arts Club,  Mathieu-Soulages, 3 - 29 December 1954.

Literature: James Johnson Sweeney,  Soulages, Neuchâtel, 1972
Pierre Daix, James Johnson Sweeney,  Pierre Soulages, Neuchâtel, 1991
Pierre Encrevé,  Soulages, l'oeuvre complet Peintures, I. 1946-1959, Paris, 1994, p. 180, no. 141, illustrated in colour
Cat. exh; Paris, Galerie Pascal Lansberg,  Soulages, 16 October - 12 December 2009, pp. 18-21, illustrated in colour.

Veuillez noter que cette oeuvre a été incluse dans l'exposition "Soulages" à la Galerie Pascal Lansberg à Paris de octobre - décembre 2009. L'oeuvre est illustrée en couleurs dans le catalogue de l'exposition. Please note that this work was included in the exhibition "Soulages" at the Pascal Lansberg Gallery in Paris from October - December 2009. The work is illustrated in colour in the exhibition catalogue.

Sotheby's. Art Contemporain Evening Sale, Paris, December 4, 2019