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An original hand-signed Pierre Soulages lithograph print.

1974

Original lithograph printed in three colors on Arches wove paper.

Hand-signed in pencil lower right Soulages.

A superb impression of the definitive state, from the edition of 95, numbered in pencil lower left. Published by Galerie de France, Paris; printed by Atelier Fernand Mourlot, Paris.

Catalog: Pierre Encrevé & Marie-Cécile Miessner, Soulages – L’Oeuvre Imprimé, Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Musée Soulages, Rodez, 2011, no. 85 (ill.).

Image Size: 26 3/8 x 20 ½ inches

Sheet Size: 29 x 22 inches

Pierre Soulages (French; born 24 December 1919) is a French painter, engraver, and sculptor. In 2014 François Hollande described him as “the world’s greatest living artist.”

After moving to Paris in 1946, Pierre Soulages began using walnut stain to make gestural abstract paintings on paper and, by the 1950s, had begun using oil on canvas. Along with Hans Hartung, Georges Mathieu, Serge Poliakoff, and Jean-Paul Riopelle, Soulages is considered one of the major figures of post-war European abstraction, although he resisted attempts to link him with Art Informel or its American relative Abstract Expressionism, in particular claims that he drew inspiration from Franz Kline. One of Soulages main preoccupations has been with the interaction of light and reflection on black paint. In the “Outre Noir” (Beyond Black) series, he alternates areas of matte and gloss black paint, interrupting the smooth surfaces with ridges, scores, and gashes.