Alfred Manessier (1911-1993)
Sables X, 1983
Washed India ink on paper
Signed and dated lower left
160 x 120 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie de France, Paris
- Private collection, Paris
Exhibited :
- Paris, Galerie de France, 'Manessier 83', 20 December 1983 ? 5 February 1984
- Amiens, Musee de Picardie, 'Alfred Manessier : Paysages de la baie de Somme and de Picardie', 20 November 2004 - 20 March 2005, illustrated p. 87
We thank Mrs Christine Manessier for having confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Note:
'I saw the Somme Bay like a light source, like a reflected miror of the sky on the watted soaked sand. There, on the furrows made by the sea on the sand stroke me. I could not resist to the infinity of their rythm. ' (Manessier, 'Manessier, Peintures and lavis 1948-1985', Arras, 1986)
