Editions & Works on Paper 
14 August 2024
Editions & Works on Paper 
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Pierre Soulages 1919–2022

Lithographie No. 3

1957
lithograph on Arches image: 24¼ h × 18¾ w in (62 × 48 cm) sheet: 27⅞ h × 20 w in (71 × 51 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $8,820
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Signed and numbered to lower margin ‘105/200 Soulages’. This work is number 105 from the edition of 200 printed by Mourlot, Paris and published by Galerie Berggruen, Paris.
provenance: Collection of Dr. Bernard Rubin, Chicago | Private Collection
An example of this work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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When I was 16, I saw a reproduction of a prehistoric cave painting of a bison from the Altamira cave in Spain. I read that this painting dated back 18,000 years...at 16, I decided to do something brave: I went on a prehistoric dig. That’s how I started thinking about art. It’s fascinating to think that as soon as man came into existence, he started painting. I’ve always loved black, and I realized that, from the beginning, man went into completely dark caves to paint. They painted with black too. They could have painted with white because there were white stones all over the ground, but no, they chose to paint with black in the dark. It’s incredible, isn’t it? —Pierre Soulages

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