PIERRE SOULAGES (Rodez 1919–2022 Nîmes) Olympische Spiele München. 1972. Colour lithograph. 56/200. Signed in pencil lower right: Soulages, as well as with the lithographed title and copyright in the stone lower centre: Olympische Spiele München 1972, © EDITION OLYMPIA 1972 GmbH MOURLOT IMP 1970. Sheet size 104 × 70 cm on wove paper by Arches (with the watermark). Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Catalogue raisonné: Encrevé/Miessner, no. 77. „I have always thought that the more limited the means, the stronger the expression. That may explain the choice of a small palette.“ Pierre Soulages

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