Georges Mathieu - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale Hong Kong Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | Phillips
  • “I consider him the strongest of all new European painters. Georges Mathieu, the transatlantic painter I admire most.”
    Clément Greenberg

     


    Georges Mathieu live action painting in Vienna, 1959

    Video © Comité Georges Mathieu / ADAGP

    • Provenance

      Galleria Tega, Milan
      Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome
      Private Collection
      Dellupi Arte, Milan
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Milan, Galleria Tega, Mathieu, April - May 1997 (illustrated)
      Rome, Mucciaccia Gallery, Georges Mathieu, 1952 - 1986, 19 December 2003 - 20 February 2004, pp. 166-169 (illustrated)

181

Souvenir de depart (Parting Memories)

signed and dated 'Mathieu 85' lower centre; further titled '"SOUVENIR DE DEPART"' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
73.5 x 116.4 cm. (28 7/8 x 45 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1985, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and a certificate of authenticity has been requested to the Comité Georges Mathieu, Paris.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$900,000 - 1,500,000 
€109,000-182,000
$115,000-192,000

Sold for HK$882,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 21 June 2022