Nicolas de STAËL (1913-1955)
Composition
Around 1950
Brush and gouache on paper
37 x 29 cm
Origin
-Pierre Lecuire
Bibliography
-1987, summer, National Library Review, n°24, repr. in color p. 2
-Françoise de Stäel, Nicolas de Stäel, Catalog raisonné of works on paper, Lausanne, 2013, reproduced in colors p. 186, no. 356. Our gouache was used for the lithograph intended to adorn the book of “Maximes” by Pierre Lecuire (1922-2013).
The latter, a French poet, critic and editor, considered the book to be the completion of the poem.