by Claire Papon
Pierre Soulages (b. 1919), Lithograph n°57, 1974, print on Arches vellum, 78 x 60 cm/30.7 x 23.6 in. Estimate: €15,000/20,000 Adagp, Paris, 2022
Self-taught in the realm of painting, as he describes himself, nothing had prepared Claude C. for his "passionate encounter" with the works of the contemporary artist Pierre Soulages in the mid-1980s. He took the plunge after buying a ceramic by Pierre Bayle, a variation in gray, ochre and black, and then began to acquire prints by the "painter of black" all over the world... Click here to read more