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Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969)
Lot 145

Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969)

Composition Abstraite: Rouge, Gris et Vert (Abstract Composition: Red, Grey and Green)

Closed12 February 2016

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GBP 98,500

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Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969)
Composition Abstraite: Rouge, Gris et Vert (Abstract Composition: Red, Grey and Green)
signed 'Serge Poliakoff' (lower left); signed 'Serge Poliakoff' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23¾in. (73.3 x 60.4cm.)
Painted in 1964

Private Collection, Europe.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

‘When a painting is silent it means it is successful. Some of my paintings begin with turmoil. They are explosive. But I am satisfied only when they become silent. A form has to be listened to and not be looked at’
(S. Poliakoff, quoted in F. Brütsch, Poliakoff 1900-1969, Neuchâtel, 1993, p. 46).