Lot 227
Georges Mathieu (1921- )
Lot 227 Details
Georges Mathieu (1921- ), French
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Oil on canvas; signed and dated 70 bottom centre, titled to the stretcher.
Together with:
A copy of Francois Mathey’s book: “Georges Mathieu”, Hachette - Fabbri, Italy, second French edition, 1969, 237 illustrations, many colour, 236 numbered pages, red linen wrapped boards with dust jacket, illustrated with a detail of a similar work by the artist, entitled “Vaux-le-Vocomte”. Red linen wrapped slipcase.
29" x 36" — 73.7 x 91.4 cm.
Estimate $40,000-$60,000
Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Note:
The accompanying book chronicles Mathieu’s artistic career as a leading Abstract Expressionist artist from 1944-1968. Since the beginning of his career, Mathieu considered himself a historical painter, working with abstract subject matter in a frenzied, animated quick sketch manner reminiscent of Salvador Dali’s Surrealist style. His mannerisms aligned his work with the American Lyrical Abstraction movement and he gained international recognition for his large scale energetic canvases as early as the 1950’s.