Composition, from The Official Arts Portfolio of the XXIVth Olympiad, Seoul, Korea
Pierre Soulages, the celebrated French abstract painter renowned for his mastery of bold, gestural mark-making, contributes this striking screenprint to the official arts portfolio of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Rendered in deep, luminous blue on wove paper, the composition showcases Soulages' signature exploration of light and texture through sweeping, powerful strokes that command the picture plane. The work reflects his lifelong investigation into the expressive potential of color and form, translating his monumental painting sensibility into the refined medium of printmaking.
- Medium
- Screenprint in blue, on wove paper, with full margins,
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
June 11, 2015
Collectors of Pierre Soulages
Artists in conversation
Franz Kline
American · b. 1910
Kline similarly employed bold gestural strokes on a stark ground, creating powerful abstract compositions where the physical force of the mark dominates the picture plane with the same commanding energy seen in this Soulages screenprint.
Hans Hartung
French-German · b. 1904
Hartung was a close contemporary of Soulages who shared his commitment to expressive gestural abstraction, producing works with sweeping linear marks and a deep investigation into the relationship between form, color fields, and luminosity.
Mark Rothko
American · b. 1903
Rothko similarly explored the expressive and emotional depth of singular bold color fields rendered with minimal compositional elements, creating works where luminous blue tones and a meditative minimalist approach evoke a powerful psychological presence.
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