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Daniel Buren (B. 1938)
Lot 269

Daniel Buren (B. 1938)

Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et bleu

Closed26 June 2013

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GBP 97,875

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Daniel Buren (B. 1938)
Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et bleu
the last two stripes at each edge are painted over with white paint on the front side
58½ x 58 5⁄8in. (148.7 x 148.8cm.)
Executed in September 1971

Private Collection, Paris (1973).
Marianne and Pierre Nahon Collection, Paris (1974).
Private Collection, Paris (1989).
Anon. sale, Cornette de Saint-Cyr Paris, 23 October 2004, lot 3.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

'Because painting is...
Because painting is a game.
Because painting is to accord or disaccord colours.
Because painting is applying (consciously or not) composition rules (...)
WE ARE NOT PAINTERS
Notice it on 3 January 1967, 11 Avenue du Président Wilson'.
(Extract from the Manifestation I of the association Buren-Mosset-Parmentier-Toroni on the occasion of their exhibition at the XVIII Salon de la Jeune Peinture in Paris in 1967)