Pierre SOULAGES (1919-2022)
Eau-Forte X a
1957
Colour etching on Rives wove paper.
29 9/10 × 22 1/5 in | 76 × 56.5 cm
Numbered lower left ’12/100′ and signed lower right ‘Soulages’ in pencil by the artist.
Printed by Lacourière, Paris, in 1957, from two copper plates,
in a limited edition of 100 numbered and signed proofs.
Published by Berggruen, Paris, 1957.
Literature: Pierre Encrevé and Marie-Cécile Miessner, “Soulages l’oeuvre imprimé”, BNF Paris 2003, catalogue raisonné no.10 [cat. 10]
Exhibition: “Soulages. L’oeuvre imprimé”, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris 27 May-31 August, 2003 (another number exhibited).
Provenance: Berggruen, Paris