Art (1945-contemporary) > Concrete Art Aurélie Nemours

Aurélie Nemours
1910 - 2005
Mira-Ceti 10. 1970.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed and dated on the reverse. Inscribed with the direction “Haut” on the stretcher. 50 x 50 cm (19.6 x 19.6 in). [AH].
• Aurélie Nemours—the grand dame of geometric and abstract art.
• From the Mira-Ceti series.
• In 2024/2025, the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen Konkret will present the exhibition “The Square Must Dominate the Space! Aurélie Nemours and Contemporaries.”
• In 2004, the Centre George Pompidou in Paris presented the major retrospective “rythme-nombre-couleur”.
PROVENANCE: Goeminne Collection, Belgium.
Von Impe Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, 1987.
Private collection, Brussels.
Private collection, Southern Germany (since 2004, Lempertz).
EXHIBITION: Aurélie Nemours, Galerie La Roue, Paris, Feb. 15–Mar. 10, 1973.
LITERATURE: Serge Lemoine (ed.), Aurélie Nemours, Catalogue raisonné, volume II, Milan 2018, CR no. 377 (no illustration).
Christian Olivereau, Aurélie Nemours: catalogue raisonné des peintures à l'huile, pastels et collages (master’s thesis), Dijon 1984, CR no. 175.
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Lempertz, Cologne, 868th Auction, Contemporary Art, Dec. 3, 2004, lot 459 (with illustration).
In good condition. The edges of the image show wear, particularly in the corners, where there are some areas of color loss. There are isolated areas of slight soiling. In the lower part of the image, there is a small area of wear with some paint adhesion. Craquelure is present in places. Under UV light, isolated, small retouched spots are visible. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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