Nicolas de STAËL (1914-1955) - Lot 30

Nicolas de STAËL (1914-1955) Composition, 1947 Brush, Indian ink and ink wash on paper. Signed, dated and dedicated "Au docteur Poulain - Bien amicalement" lower left. 104 x 73 cm Provenance : - Collection of Dr. Odette Poulain. Gift from the artist in 1947. - Estate of Marie-Pierre Poulain, his daughter. Exhibitions : - Nicolas de Staël, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1956, no. 119 (label on mounting). - Nicolas de Staël, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, July - September 1972, no. 109, catalog, reproduced (label on mount). - Nicolas de Staël, Galeries Nationales du Grand-Palais, Paris, May 22 - August 24, 1981, no. 122, catalog, reproduced (label on mount). - Nicolas de Staël, peintures et dessins, Musée de Grenoble, June 21 - September 24 1984, catalog, reproduced. Bibliography: - Georges Duthuit, " Nicolas de Staël ", Cahiers d'Art, n° 2, 1950, reproduced p. 383. - André Chastel, Nicolas de Staël, Archives Maeght, Paris, 1972, reproduced p. 18. - Barbara Majewska, Sztuka Inna-Szruka ta sama, Dubuffet, de Staël, Wols, Pollock, 1974, no. 29, reproduced. - Catalog Nicolas de Staël, Tate Gallery, 1981, reproduced p. 145. - Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue Raisonné des œuvres sur papier, Lausanne, Éditions Ides et Calendes, 2013, no. 244, reproduced p. 138.