Pierre Soulages: ‘Peinture 162 x 130 cm, 9 juillet 1961’ | Christie's

Discover the exceptional luminosity and rhythmic power of Pierre Soulages’ masterpiece.
On an off-white background, large bands of black and Prussian blue create a right-angled structure that sweep across the surface.
'Soulages never paints from his head with something already in mind, but rather responds to the paint in front of him', explains Paul Nyzam, Post-War and Contemporary Art specialist in Paris.
This important, radical work by France’s greatest living painter, produced at a key moment in his career, is offered in the Paris Avant-garde sale on 22 October
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Paris Avant-Garde - 22 October, Paris.
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[@stevenreichertart]

I have to say, it's stunning. There's so much energy and elegance in the application of the paint.

[@K-FOREST_Original]

Hi, How are you? The bold composition of the lines and sides--the action of a true artist. ^O^

[@dansmith4984]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 how did he get oil paint to glow like that

[@jahangirshahbazi1579]

@John Kimble.اخ .ح.

[@highfive55]

✌️

[@dylanbliss911]

Nobody understands the magnificent beauty of a painting being stripped down to its most basic form. Color, shape and light. I think this painting is absolutely beautiful and for the people in the comments, it’s simply not for you. Both in financial aspects as well as artistic. Beauty takes many forms people.

[@inspecteurharry2508]

traces de pneu

[@ChrisAcheson]

The man beside the painting was OK, but wearing a mask was uncalled for.

[@timothymccarthy7747]

Potty heading for a shrinking dollar.

[@LoveVanillaRose]

JUNK... not just junk ...a destruction of art and distortion of inspiration and beauty

[@applejuice7648]

“Mama, this is garbage” - Alyssa Edwards

[@leonardoluc6362]

OMG if you have to explain Art you will never succeed as you just proved and this mask wearing man for what reason?

[@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164]

Awful work

[@spigbungus]

This a no for me, it’s too abstract for me to take seriously and appreciate