POLIAKOFF, SERGE
1900 Moscow - 1969 Paris

Title: Composition abstraite.
Date: 1967.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 162 x 130cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: SERGE PoLiAKoFF.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.


Provenance:
- Private collection Germany

Exhibitions:
- Gallery Cavalero, Cannes 1968, cat. no. 7
- Gallery A, Munich 1982
- Museum Würth, Künzelsau 1997
- Künstlerhaus, Vienna 1998

Literature:
- Poliakoff, Alexis: Serge Poliakoff - Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. V, 1966-1969, Munich 2016, cat. rais. no. 67-33, p. 204, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Poliakoff, A Retrospective, Museum Würth, Sigmaringen 1997, p. 211, ill.


- Large-format, powerfully fresh painting by the "Grandseigneurs" of the École de Paris
- Late work, characterised by its bright colours and clearly defined colour fields
- At the time of its creation, Poliakoff was highly respected, honoured with international prizes and had represented his new home country at the Venice Biennale.