A painting by Pierre Soulages breaks all records at auction in New York, find out its price

It is a painting from 1961 which has just broken Pierre Soulages’ record.

This Tuesday, November 16, the predominantly red work which dates from the Aveyron painter’s heyday, and which measures nearly two meters in height (195×130 cm) was sold for $ 20.2 million, as reported L’Express.

The previous record for the sale of a painting by Pierre Soulages was € 9.6 million.

An exceptional work

A record for the artist who was expected since the canvas was already estimated between $ 8 and $ 12 million.

The director of the Contemporary Art Department Sotheby’s France, Guillaume Mallécot, had even confided to the magazine Connaissance des arts that this work is “undoubtedly one of the most exceptional paintings of the artist”.

“Belonging to his series of red paintings, it constitutes one of the most beautiful elements, thanks to its flamboyant palette, its explosive energy and its remarkable force of presence. The effects of matter were obtained thanks to the technique of scraping, which reveals the red tints present under the black paint. “

Another painting on sale in December

Before belonging to its current owner, the painting was at the Sam Kootz Gallery in New York and was part of major retrospectives dedicated to the artist in the 1960s, in Houston, Paris and Montreal.

It was exhibited in Paris from October 8 to 18 in Paris, in the Sotheby’s gallery.

Another painting by Pierre Soulages will be on sale in Paris on December 2.

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