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Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
Lot 21

Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)

Espoirs cruels (Cruel Hopes)

Closed1 May 2019

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EUR 106,250

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Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
Espoirs cruels (Cruel Hopes)
signed 'Mathieu' (lower left); titled '"ESPOIRS CRUELS"' (on the stretcher)
alkyd on canvas
146 x 114.5cm.
Painted in 1988

Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

“Lyrical abstraction, is the will to forget oneself to be” Georges Mathieu

“I’m the incarnation of my own myths [and even more] I am my painting” Georges Mathieu