Les quatre saisons, 1983
Set of four gouaches on paper
17,2 × 10,2 cm (approx.)
Provenance:
- Private collection, France
- Paris auction, Sotheby's, Living Contemporary, 2 - 9 March 2022, lot 67
- Purchased from the latter by the current owner
Note: Created for the exhibition Yves Saint Laurent:
25 Years of Design at the Met in New York, 1983.
One naturally recognizes a primary source of
inspiration in these neo-classical profiles, borrowed
from the line of Jean Cocteau - an artist venerated
by the couturier - set against abstract backgrounds
of flat color arranged in rectangles and bands. These
gouaches reveal Yves Saint Laurent's obsession
with pure lines, his desire to adorn without
encumbering.
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