Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “4-61” lower right. Once again signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. With handwritten size specifications on the stretcher. 130 x 95 cm.
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• A sensual reduction using minimalist means by the important French representative of Lyrical Abstraction.
• The title “Haiga II” refers to a traditional Japanese painting style that combines image and writing, which is beautifully manifested in a highly individualized fashion in this work.
• Just a few years after its creation, it was exhibited in a solo exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein.
• In June 2024, the Centre Pompidou honored the artist with a room in its permanent exhibition showing works from the 1950s to the 1970s.
• His works are in international museum collections, including the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Pinacoteca Gutai, Osaka.

Jean Degottex, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, May 20 - June 20, 1965, cat. no. 15 (with the label on the reverse)

Private collection, Northern Germany

In good condition. Dark rubbing and handling marks in places along the edges, possibly from the making and barely noticeable from a distance. Very small nicks and dents in places of the edges, a somewhat larger nick with minimal loss of color in the lower right corner of the image that does not impair the fine overall impression. The condition report was compiled in daylight, using an ultraviolet light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.