Lot 73
FRANCOISE MORELLET (FRENCH 1926-2016) §
UNTITLED (TWO BLACK, TWO WHITE)
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Set of four screenprints, from ed. of 300, each signed and numbered in pencil with Galerie Denise Rene blindstamp, unframed (4)
Dimensions
80cm x 80cm (31.5in x 31.5in), full sheet
Footnote
Biography: François Morellet was a French Conceptual sculptor, painter, and light artist, known for his geometric abstract art. Morellet’s earliest work were figurative paintings, but he quickly turned to abstraction, painting a series of lines that crisscrossed to form geometric shapes. He began to work in sculpture using neon tubes and continued to experiment with Minimalism and geometry in art.
In 1963, along with artists Julio Le Parc and Francisco Sobrino, co-founded the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel to research new modes of artistic expression. In 2011, Morellet was included in a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York titled “Themes & Variations. Script and Space.”