LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

35.12 in. (89.20 cm.) (height) by 51.18 in. (130.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Staël' (lower left); signed, titled and dated 'Agrigente Août 1953 Staël' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Nicolas de Staël, Rétrospective de l'oeuvre peint, 1991, no. 53, p. 200 (illustrated in colour, p. 145). This exhibition later travelled to Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (illustrated in colour, p. 147). Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Nicolas de Staël 1945- 1955, 2010, no. 50 (illustrated in colour, pp. 148-149).

Literature:

J. Dubourg and F. de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, catalogue raisonné des peintures, Paris 1968, no. 677 (illustrated, p. 291). F. de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchâtel 1997, no. 732 (illustrated, p. 480).

Provenance:

Jacques Dubourg Collection, Paris. Ira Haupt Collection, New York. Galerie Berggruen, Paris. Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. David E. Bright Collection, Los Angeles.