Serge POLIAKOFF (1900-1969)
Abstract composition, circa 1946-1948.
Charcoal, sanguine, chalk and gouache on paper.
Signed lower right. 65.7 x 51.7 cm.
Restorations, small wear and tears.
Charcoal, sanguine, chalk and gouache on paper, signed lower right. 25.8 x 20.3 in.
The work is listed under no. 846004 in the Poliakoff Archives.
Provenance:
Esaias Thoren Collection (Stockholm).
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, (Stockholm).
Bel'Art Gallery (Stockholm).
Sales:
London, Sotheby's Sale, 5 December 1985, n°322.
London, Sothebys Sale, 21 March 1996,,n°29.
Köln, Lempertz Sale, 7 June 1997,,n°1500.
Bibliography:
A. Poliakoff, "Serge Poliakoff - Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1922-1954", Editions Acatos, Paris, 2004, reproduced under n°48-10, p. 291.
