GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)
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GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)

Fleurs Vermeilles

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GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)
Fleurs Vermeilles
signé 'Mathieu' (en bas à droite); titré '"FLEURS VERMEILLES"' (sur le châssis)
alkyde sur toile
146 x 114 cm.
Peint en 1988.

signed 'Mathieu' (lower right); titled '"FLEURS VERMEILLES"' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
57 ½ x 44 7/8 in.
Painted in 1988.
Provenance
Galerie Protée, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 1988
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Protée, Georges Mathieu - Œuvres récentes, octobre-novembre 1988, No. 11.
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Lot Essay

Nous remercions Monsieur Jean-Marie Cusinberche pour les informations qu’il nous a communiquées sur cette œuvre.


"L'artiste est seul devant sa toile. Avec ses tubes de couleur et son imagination. Plus de repères, plus de règles. Il ne s'agit plus de reproduire mais d'inventer. C'est à la fois exaltant et angoissant. Il faut une extraordinaire concentration. L'artiste passe en un instant du désespoir le plus profond à l'euphorie la plus folle. C'est l'exaltation de la création à l'état pur."

"The artist faces his canvas alone with his colour tubes and his imagination. No more landmarks, no more rules. It is no longer a matter of reproduction but of invention. This is both thrilling and scarrying. An extraordinary degree of concentration is required. The artist goes quickly from the deepest despair to the wildest euphoria. This is the exaltation of the creation at its purest."

Georges Mathieu

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