Sale: 461 / Post War I, Dec. 09. 2017 in Munich Lot 827

 

827
Serge Poliakoff
Composition abstraite, 1964.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 65,000 / $ 70,200
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)
Composition abstraite. 1964.
Oil on canvas.
Poliakoff 64-102. Lower left monogrammed. Verso barely legibly signed and dated, as well as dated and inscribed "Composition 1964" on the stretcher. 38 x 55 cm (14.9 x 21.6 in).

Accompanied by a photo expertise from Alexis Poliakoff, Paris, dated 16 March 1986 (in copy). The work is registered at the archive with the number 964056.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Melki, Paris (with label on the stretcher).

"Every great master works on just one theme. A theme that is far from being superficial comes from the depths of the scores of works that have already been made and never wears out. "
Serge Poliakoff, quote after: Künstler. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, A. 21, issue 21, 1995, p. 15.




827
Serge Poliakoff
Composition abstraite, 1964.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 65,000 / $ 70,200
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)