Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Private Collection, London

London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Pierre Soulages, New paintings, 24 June - 1 September 2010; catalogue, illustrated

Pierre Encrevé, Soulages, L'Oeuvre Complet Peinture, Volume IV, 1997-2013, Paris, 2015, no. 1456, p. 354, illustrated in colour

The colours are fairly acurate in the catalogue illustration although the image does not accurately convey the rich texture of the work. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. Under Ultra Violet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. This work is in excellent condition.
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"I always liked black, even in my drawings as a child. I preferred trees during winter, the season of wet tree trunks. It has always been the basis of my palette. It is the most intense absence of colour, the most violent, that awards an intense and violent presence to colours, even to white: just as a tree makes the sky blue." Pierre Soulages, January 1963