Gérard Schlosser (1931-2022)

J'ai eu le trac, 1977
Acrylic on sanded canvas
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
190 x 190 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie Beaubourg, Paris
- Private Collection
- Sale Paris, Etude Poulain-Le Fur, Hotel Drouot, October 18, 1998, lot 247
- Former collection of the artist
- Gift from the artist to the present owner
- Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions:
- Paris, Grand-Palais, Galerie Beaubourg II, FIAC, October 22-30, 1977
- Paris, Galerie Beaubourg, "Schlosser", April 25-May 30, 1981
- Travelling exhibition, Chateauroux, Les Cordeliers, "Les Figurations des années 60 à nos jours"; (Dunkirk, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Troyes, Carcassonne, 1986-1987)
- La Seyne-sur-Mer, Villa Tamaris, Centre d'Art, "Schlosser", January 23-March 7, 1999
- Fécamp, Palais Bénédictine, "Bandes à part", March 18-June 18, 2006
- Montélimar, Musee d'Art Contemporain Saint-Martin, "Figuration(s), Segui, Klasen, Schlosser , June 23-October 8, 2013
- Sens, Musée de Sens, Palais Synodal, "Gérard Schlosser, rétrospective 1957-2013", June 23-September 8, 2013
- Dole, Musée des Beaux-Arts, "Gérard Schlosser, rétrospective 1957-2013", September 28, 2013-January 26, 2014
- Paris, Boutique Lanvin, women's autumn-winter collection Bruno Sialelli, "Mystic Pilgrims-FW 2019" (reproduced in facsimile in 120 x 120 cm format), February 27-May 15, 2019
- Cannes, Suquet des artistes, "Gérard Schlosser, Quelle histoire", January 20-April 26, 2020
- Paris, Galerie Laurent Strouk, "Gérard Schlosser", signing of the Catalogue Raisonné, March 7, 2020
- Paris, Galerie Loeve & Co, "Hommage à Gérard Schlosser", (1931-2022), October 11-October 29, 2022
- Yerres, Maison Caillebotte, La Ferme Ornée, "Figurations-Un autre art d'aujourd'hui", May 13-October 22, 2023
Literature:
- Cofiac, in catalogue, FIAC-"Gérard Schlosser"
- Galerie Beaubourg II, Paris, 1977, reproduced p.36- Rancillac-Schlosser, "L'usage du document", magazine, Exit, n°12/13, autumn 1977, reproduced pp.102.103
- M Troche, "Le pique-nique sans peine", catalogue Schlosser, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, 1981, reproduced p.31- F Parent, "Un quart de siècle de Nouvelle(s) Figuration(s), catalogue."Les Figurations des années 60 à nos jours", Chateauroux, 1985, reproduced p.45
- J-L Pradel, "Fragments amoureux d'une peinture grandeur nature", catalogue Schlosser, villa tamaris, ville de la Seyne-sur-mer, 1999, reproduced p.14, (dated 1976)
- A Jouffroy, "Gérard Schlosser", Editions Frederic Loeb, Paris, 1993, reproduced p.119, vignette p.238 (dated 1976)
- C Guibert, "le peintre et le photographe", catalogue, "Bandes à part", Palais bénédictine, ville de Fécamp, 2006, reproduced on the invitation card and p.43 (dated 1976)
- B Noel, "Gérard Schlosser", Editions du Cercle d'Art, Paris, 2008, reproduced in the catalogue under n174, p. 215 (dated 1976)
- A Adamo; S Monier; N Pesques; S Tersen, catalogue "Gérard Schlosser, rétrospective 1957-2013", Editions Musée de Sens-Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole/Somogy, Paris, 2013, reproduced cat.n°29, p.64 (dated 1976)
- G Schlosser-PH Cholley, "Gérard Schlosser, Catalogue Raisonné-monographie", Editions Mare & Martin, Paris, 2020, reproduced under n°292, Catalogue raisonné p.105, monograph p.100
- S. Correard, in catalogue "Gérard Schlosser (1931-2022), Galerie Loeve & Co, Paris, reproduced p.6 (detail) p.7
- G Boyer, "Mille et une figurations"; "Gérard Schlosser, romans-photos érotiques", catalogue, Figurations-"Un autre art d'aujourd'hui", in Fine editions d'art, Paris, 2023, reproduced p.119 and 174
We would like to thank Mrs. Pearl Huart Cholley for the information she kindly provided on this work.