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JEZEQUEL - Bretagne Enchères

181 - Pierre SOULAGES (1912–2022)
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Estimate €12,000 - €15,000
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Pierre SOULAGES (1912–2022) ‘VIII’, 1957 Colour etching on Arches paper Signed in pencil in the bottom right-hand corner; artist’s proof in the bottom left-hand corner 76 x 55.5 cm Creases along the edge in the top right-hand corner Bibliography: Pierre Encrevé and Marie-Cécile Miessner, *Soulages, l’oeuvre imprimé*, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris / Musée Soulages, Rodez, 2022, no. 9 (cat. no. 8) The first etching to utilise the technique of cutting the plate with acid. The emphasis on the embossed white areas reveals, in the artist’s own words, ‘the flesh of the paper’
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About the sale Design & Contemporary Art
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 11:00 AM
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