Peter Nathan, Zurich
S.A. Miesegas Collection, Neuchatel
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Post War and Contemporary Art, 3 December 1992, lot 16
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art Part I, 2 December 1993, lot 11
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano
Galerie Applicat-Prazan, Paris
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1997)

Paris, Villand et Galanis, Estève, Peintures récentes, 1961; catalogue, no.10, illustrated in colour
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel; Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle; Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst; Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Estève (oeuvres 1919-1960), 1961; catalogue, illustrated in colour
Zurich, Galerie F.+P. Nathan, 50 Jahre Kunsthandelsverband, 1973
Tokyo; Kobe; Fukuoka, The origin of the 20th Century in Collection Thyssen, 1976
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza, 1978; catalogue, illustrated in colour
Paris, Galerie nationales du Grand Palais, Estève, 17 October 1986-12 January 1987; catalogue, illustrated
Paris, Galerie Applicat, Galerie Aittouares, Vingt cinq oeuvres exceptionnelles de l'histoire de l'art abstrait des années 50, 28 September - 25 November 1995; invitation card, illustrated in colour

Robert Maillard, Monique Prudhomme-Estève, Estève, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Bern, 1958, p. 343, no. 508, illustrated

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. Under very close inspection some drying cracks are visible in the small green area near the upper edge as well as in the green triangular and red areas near the right edge. Hairline web cracks are visible in the lower right quadrant in the blue and yellow forms. Under UV light there is no evidence of any retouching. This work is in very good condition.
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