Composition Bleu Vert. Composition in Blue and Green. by Serge Poliakoff, 1906-1969

Serge Poliakoff, 1906-1969
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Composition Bleu Vert. Composition in Blue and Green.

Original lithograph in four colours. 1963. Signed in ballpoint pen. Inscribed in ballpoint by Poliakoff as 'Bon à tirer' - the unique guide proof for the edition. Proof for the edition subsequently issued as a 'carte de voeux' by Galerie La Source, Paris 1963. Total edition of 450, some signed some unsigned. Printed at the studio of Pons, Paris 1963.
Ref: Poliakoff - The Graphic Work no 41.

Brilliant impression with very strong colours. On pale cream stiff wove Arches-type paper. Excellent original condition. Full small margins a printed. Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2ins. Image: 7 5/8 x 10 1/2ins. (195x268mm).

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This small format composition illustrates very clearly the manner in which in his lithographs Poliakoff used textured colour surfaces within angular interlocked forms to create an effect of visual sculpture, the forms appearing to project and recede. Poliakoff had a particular sensitivity to colour combinations, and the linked but contrasting tones of brilliant blue and green in this work achieve a marvellous quality of lyrical harmony. Poliakoff had trained as a musician as a young man and there is a quality of ?musicality? about the manner in which he handles both form and colour.

Poliakoff began to paint in the 1920?s and the Delaunays were an important formative influence on his work. By the 1940?s his work had developed the totally abstract qualities shown in ?Bleu-Vert? above. He wanted to put aside any links with a figurative visual imagery and use the combinations of form and colour alone to stimulate an emotional reaction in the viewer. By the immediate post-war period he was recognised as one of the foremast European painters of the abstract movement.