SERGE POLIAKOFF (Moscow 1900–1969 Paris) Composition abstraite bleu jaune et vert. 1965. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: Serge Poliakoff, as well as signed, titled and dated on the label on the reverse: Serge Poliakoff Composition abstraite Bleu jaune et vert 1965. Inscribed by unknown hand on the stretcher: F 30 PARIS. 72.5 × 92 cm. This work is registered in the Archives Serge Poliakoff under the number: 963106. We thank Thaddée Poliakoff for his kind assistance. Provenance: - Galeria Lorenzelli Bergamo (with the label and stamp on the reverse). - Private collection Switzerland. - By descent to the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland. Literature: - Poliakoff, Alexis: Serge Poliakoff. Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV. 1963 – 1965, no. 65-20 (with colour ill.). - Evangelisti, Silvia: Fondazione Umberto Severi, Pittura Contemporanea, Franco Cosimo Paninia, Modena, Volume III (with ill. p. 123). Exhibitions: - St. Gallen 1966, Serge Poliakoff. Kunstmuseum 11 June - 31 July, no. 109. - Bergamo 1970, Serge Poliakoff. Galleria Lorenzelli 6 December - 10 January 1971, no. 29. The Russian-born Frenchman Serge Poliakoff was one of the most important abstract painters of the post-war period and exponent of the Nouvelle école de Paris. Composition abstraite bleu jaune et vert — or an abstract night landscape. Poliakoffs works allow great scope for the viewers imagination. The green moss-coloured surfaces and the staggered dusky blue planes are arrayed organically over the picture surface. The different impasto layers of paint are applied in such a way that the viewer discovers more and more colours. Nuanced, yet distinct from one another. The present work from 1965 illustrates the artists typical approach: even if his composition may seem arbitrary at times, in this painting one recognises distinctive lines that can be found in many works: horizontal, vertical, or diagonal axes that split the canvas and draw the colour fields towards the centre. The not quite symmetrical and not quite geometric colour fields lend the work great dynamism. The almost independent yellow and black sustain the spontaneity of the composition, yet remain true to the central axis. The result is a completely autonomous overall picture that is guided only by the need to reproduce the plasticity and energy of the colours. SERGE POLIAKOFF (Moskau 1900–1969 Paris) Composition abstraite bleu jaune et vert. 1965. ?l auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: Serge Poliakoff, sowie verso auf einem Etikett signiert, betitelt und datiert: Serge Poliakoff Composition abstraite Bleu jaune et vert 1965. Auf dem Keilrahmen von fremder Hand beschriftet: 30 F PARIS. 72,5 × 92 cm. Dieses Werk ist in den Archives Serge Poliakoff unter der Nummer: 963106, registriert. Wir danken Thaddée Poliakoff für seine freundliche Unterstützung. Provenienz: - Galeria Lorenzelli Bergamo (verso mit dem Etikett und Stempel). - Privatsammlung Schweiz. - Durch Erbschaft an den heutigen Besitzer, seitdem Privatsammlung Schweiz. Literatur: - Poliakoff, Alexis: Serge Poliakoff. Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. IV., 1963 – 1952, Nr. 65-20 (mit Farbabb. ). - Evangelisti, Silvia: Fondazione Umberto Severi, Pittura Contemporanea, Franco Cosimo Paninia, Modena, Volume III (mit Abb. S. 123). Ausstellungen: - St. Gallen 1966, Serge Poliakoff. Kunstmuseum 11. Juni - 31. Juli, Nr. 109. - Bergamo 1970, Serge Poliakoff. Galleria Lorenzelli 6. Dezember - 10. Januar 1971, Nr. 29. Der russischst?mmige Franzose Serge Poliakoff geh?rt zu den wichtigsten abstrakten Malern der Nachkriegszeit und den Vertretern der Nouvelle école de Paris. Composition abstraite bleu jaune et vert – oder eine abstrakte Nachtlandschaft. Poliakoffs Werke erlauben einen grossen Spielraum für**Vorstellungskraft des Betrachters.**grünen, moosfarbigen Fl?chen und**versetzten d?mmerungsblauen Ebenen bedecken organisch den Bildtr?ger.**unterschiedlichen pastosen Farbschichten sind so aufgetragen, dass der Betrachter immer mehr unterschiedliche Farben entdeckt. Nuanciert, dennoch voneinander abgegrenzt. Das vorliegende Werk von 1965 veranschaulicht**typische Vorgehensweise des Künstlers: auch wenn seine Komposition teils willkürlich erscheinen mag, erkennt man in diesem Gem?lde markante Linien,**sich in vielen Werken wiederfinden: horizontale, vertikale oder diagonale Achsen, welche**Leinwand spalten und**Farbfl?chen auf das Blattzentrum konzentrieren.**nicht ganz symmetrischen und nicht ganz geometrischen Farbfl?chen verleihen dem Werk grosse Dynamik.**fast selbstst?ndigen Farben in Gelb und Schwarz unterstützen**Spontanit?t der Komposition und bleiben dennoch der zentralen Achse treu. Auf diese Weise entsteht ein vollkommen autonomes Gesamtbild, das sich nur von der Notwenigkeit leiten l?sst, eine Plastizit?t und energetische Qualit?t der Farben wiederzugeben.
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