Lot 206: JEAN-MICHEL MEURICE | Grand fragment

acrylic and ink on canvas
Executed in 1974.

140,5 x 352 cm ; 55 5/16 x 138 9/16 in.

The canvas presents six little holes to the four angles and in the middle of the upper and lower edges : they seem to be intentional. A superficial scratch to the lower left corner is visible under close inspection. A thin layer of dust covers the work. This work is in good condition.
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Paris, Galerie Beaubourg, Jean-Michel Meurice - La Peinture hors limites, 14 January-15 February 1976 

Pierre Nahon, L'Histoire de la Galerie Beaubourg I, 1936-1988, Paris, 2009, p. 140, illustrated in colour

Acquired from the artist by the present owner