Haiga II. 1961.
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 (51.1 x 37.4 in).
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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.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Northern Germany.

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

"His work remains that of extreme minimalism, where rigor never takes precedence over sensitivity."
Comité Jean Degottex, online: www.jeandegottex.com