SERGE POLIAKOFF (Moscow 1900–1969 Paris) Composition jaune, orange et verte. 1957. Colour lithograph. 115/150. Signed in pencil lower right: Serge Poliakoff. Image 39.7 × 55.6 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 49.8 × 65 cm. Published by L'Oeuvre Gravée Zurich (with the blindstamp). Printed by Pons, Paris. Condition issues. Catalogue raisonné: Poliakoff/Schneider, no. 14. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.

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