Eau-forte N° 11. 1957.
Etching in colors.
Gatto 12. Riviére 11. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 100 copies. On Rives wove paper (with watermark). 39.5 x 39.5 cm (15.5 x 15.5 in). Sheet: 66 x 50 cm (26 x 19,7 in).
Printed by Lacourière, Paris, published by Berggruen, Paris. [SM].
• One of the earliest color etchingsby the lately deceased protagonist of French Informalism.
• Soulage's quest for non-figurative art led him to an intuitive gestural painting in the 1950s.
• In "Eau-forte XI", Soulage implemented the broad brushstroke structure in print art with great mastery.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Jahn, Munich.
Private collection (acquired directly from the above).

Unevenly discolored and sunned. Small foxmarks and handling marks.