Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)

Naufrage bleu

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Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
Naufrage bleu
signé 'Mathieu' (en bas à gauche); titré '"NAUFRAGE BLEU"' (sur le châssis)
alkyde sur toile
146 x 114 cm.
Peint en 1987.

signed 'Mathieu' (lower left); titled '"NAUFRAGE BLEU"' (on the stretcher)
alkyde on canvas
57 ½ x 44 7/8 in.
Painted in 1987.

Galerie Protée, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 1988

«Aucune image, aucune idée antérieure ne précède la seconde où je vais peindre; le premier geste peut être arbitraire. Il l'est le plus souvent. Mais le second est implacablement lié au premier, et ensuite, il y a un enchaînement presque cybernétique de chacun de ces gestes. Je suis victime de mon premier geste.»
"No image, no previous idea comes before the time when I am about to paint. The first move might be arbitrary. Most often, it is arbitrary. But the second one is irremediably related to the first. Then there is some kind of cybernetic sequence of each of these movements. I am a victim of my first move."
Georges Mathieu

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Nous remercions Monsieur Jean-Marie Cusinberche pour les informations qu’il nous a aimablement communiquées sur cette œuvre.

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