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Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
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Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)

Diex Le Volt

Details
Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
Diex Le Volt
signed and dated 'Mathieu 59' (lower right)
oil on canvas
63¾ x 38¼in. (162 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1959
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York.
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York.
Galerie Stadler, Paris.
Carlo Cattelani Collection, Modena.
Tonelli Collection, Terni.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s Milan, 20 May 2009, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Art International, vol. IV, May 1960, no. 5.
‘Art Diary Italia’ in Giancarlo Tonelli. Scelte da una collezione, Milan 1989.
Exhibited
New York, Kootz Gallery, Mathieu. New paintings at the Kootz Gallery, 1960, no. 8 (illustrated, unpaged).
Paris, Galerie Stadler, Mathieu, Saura, Tàpies. Dix tableaux choisis et presents par Rodolphe Stadler, 1971-1972, no. 1 (illustrated, unpaged).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Further Details
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Lot Essay

‘Mathieu is a “painter of battles”, quite literally, because a number of his works refer directly to historical battles, but also because, above all else, he is an artist who considers his paintings as an authentic scene of battle. Each time he paints, a genuine confrontation occurs between himself and his canvas, where rituals of martial art, dance and trance all come together’ (B. Marcadé, ‘Pretentious? Moi?’ in Tate Etc., no. 18, January 2010).

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