拍品专文
En 1965, dans 'Connaissance des Arts', André Breton parle de Jean Degottex comme de "l'un des dix peintres les plus importants apparus depuis la guerre". En fait c'est à l'aube des années 60 que l'œuvre commence à prendre toute sa dimension et son audace. La série "IBN", de grandes écritures sur papier dont on peut voir quelques beaux exemples au Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, s'achève par cette toile noire IBN.X.II du 15-2-1963 de 195 x 130 cm où écriture et signe s'équilibrent dans le vide; l'écriture se réduit à quelques tracés suraigus et le signe à un Unique-Coup-de-Pinceau vertical. Les couleurs sont rares et profondes: une accroche de bleu et un rouge Titien qui nourrit de son énergie la base du tableau. La matité du noir préserve l'oeuvre de tout pathos et la rend légère.
'IBN.X.II' a participé aux trois rétrospectives différentes consacrées à Jean Degottex en 2008 et 2009 aux musées de Quimper, Evreux et Bourg-en-Bresse et figure au catalogue de ces expositions.
In 1965, in "Connaissance des arts", André Breton describes Jean degottex as "one of the 10 most important painters to have emerged since the war". In fact, it was at the start of the 1960s that is work began to take on its full dimension and boldness. The "IBN" series, comprising large writing on paper-some fine examples of which can be seen at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris-was completed with this black canvas called IBN.X.II dated 15th February, 1963, measuring 195 cm x 130 cm, in which writing and symbols balance each other out in the emptiness. The writing is reduced to a few very intense marks and the symbols to a single vertical brushstroke. Colours are infrequent and deep - a dash of blue and a Titian red which invigorates the base of the painting with its energy. The matt quality of the black preserves the work from any pathos and lightens it. "IBN.X.II" has contributed to three retrospectives devoted to Jean Degottex in 2008 and 2009 at museums in Quimper, Evreux and Bourg-en-Bresse and appears in the exhibition catalogues.
'IBN.X.II' a participé aux trois rétrospectives différentes consacrées à Jean Degottex en 2008 et 2009 aux musées de Quimper, Evreux et Bourg-en-Bresse et figure au catalogue de ces expositions.
In 1965, in "Connaissance des arts", André Breton describes Jean degottex as "one of the 10 most important painters to have emerged since the war". In fact, it was at the start of the 1960s that is work began to take on its full dimension and boldness. The "IBN" series, comprising large writing on paper-some fine examples of which can be seen at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris-was completed with this black canvas called IBN.X.II dated 15th February, 1963, measuring 195 cm x 130 cm, in which writing and symbols balance each other out in the emptiness. The writing is reduced to a few very intense marks and the symbols to a single vertical brushstroke. Colours are infrequent and deep - a dash of blue and a Titian red which invigorates the base of the painting with its energy. The matt quality of the black preserves the work from any pathos and lightens it. "IBN.X.II" has contributed to three retrospectives devoted to Jean Degottex in 2008 and 2009 at museums in Quimper, Evreux and Bourg-en-Bresse and appears in the exhibition catalogues.