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GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)
Lot 20 IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)

Adversité Généreuse

Closed24 May 2021

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HKD 3,750,000

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GEORGES MATHIEU (1921-2012)
Adversité Généreuse
signed ‘Mathieu’ (lower right)
alkyde on canvas
146 × 114 cm. (57 1/2 × 44 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1990

Collection of the artist
Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Comite Georges Mathieu.

This painting is referenced among the authentic artworks of the « Archives by Jean-Marie Cusinberche on Georges Mathieu ».

Specialist note

‘Nobody in the East has ever thought of rejecting any notion of artistic quality in calligraphy under the pretext that it is produced in a few seconds.’

Georges Mathieu