Auction on
17 April 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) -
73, boulevard de La Croisette - 06400 Cannes
His works from the 1980s, like Haine d'orgueil (Hatred of Pride), are the most expressive examples of the French painter's lyrical abstraction.
Georges Mathieu (1921-2012), Haine d'orgueil (Hatred of Pride), 1988, alkyd on canvas, signed and titled, 100 x 81 cm/39.4 x 32 in. Estimate: €150,000/170,000
Georges Mathieu (1921-2012), Haine d'orgueil (Hatred of Pride), 1988, alkyd on canvas, signed and titled, 100 x 81 cm/39.4 x 32 in. Estimate: €150,000/170,000
The work of Georges Mathieu (1921-2012) in the 1980s illustrated a "cosmic crossroads", before the "barbarian" period that began in 1989. The leader of lyrical abstraction—a movement so named in 1947 by the painter and critic Jean-José Marchand at the time of the exhibition "L'imaginaire"…
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