Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)
Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)

Peinture 15 octobre 1954

Details
Pierre Soulages (b. 1919)
Peinture 15 octobre 1954
signed 'Soulages' (lower right); signed and dated 'SOULAGES 15 oct. 54' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 23 1/4in. (81 x 59cm.)
Painted in October 1954
Provenance
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London (1955)
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (1955)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1957)
Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich (1958)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1960
Literature
P. Encrev, Soulages, l'Oeuvre Complet, vol. I, Peintures 1946-1959, Paris 1994, no. 154 (illustrated in colour, p. 187).
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Pierre Soulages Paintings, April-May 1955, no. 11.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute (on loan).
Geneva, Muse de l'Athne, Prnnit de l'Art Franais, July-September 1957, no. 65 (illustrated).
Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Documenta II, July-October 1959 (illustrated).
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Kunst nach '45 aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz, October-November 1983, no. 424 (illustrated fig. 344).

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