Jean-Michel Meurice - Originalplakat - Roland Garros 1996

Color offset lithograph by artist Jean-Michel Meurice designed for the 1996 Roland Garros tournament.


Original poster (no reproduction) on the occasion of
Roland Garros tennis tournament 1996
Copyright: Galerie Lelong Paris

Artist: Jean-Michel Meurice (* December 6, 1938, in Lille; † September 27, 2022, in Paris)
Occasion: Tennis tournament Roland Garros 1996 (French Open Paris)
Printing technology: color offset lithography
Signature: signed on the plate
Dimensions: 78.00 x 59.00 cm
Publisher: Galerie Lelong - Paris
Drucker: Arte - Paris
Condition: excellent



The graphic has been stored very carefully in a graphic cabinet, protected from dust and UV. Therefore, it is in excellent condition. The artwork has, of course, not yet been framed.

The shipment is carefully packed in professional packaging with maximum protection against any damage. The package is additionally insured against damage and loss, at no cost to the buyer.


About the artist

Jean-Michel Meurice, born in 1938 in Lille, already had a double passion as a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Tournai: painting and cinema. In 1960, during his military service in Algeria, he created one of his first works that combined both passions: a three-hundred-meter-long painted film, whose motif consists solely of the repetitive traces of fingers and brushes; projected onto a canvas, it transforms into a ten-minute moving painting. Since then, he has pursued a dual career as a painter and filmmaker.

In 1963, he traveled to the USA for the first time, where he discovered a painting style without codes, the abstraction of Ad Reinhardt, and the dripping and all-over techniques that had made Pollock famous. He painted with spray cans or sponges, repeating forms (stripes or dots) on large formats. The traditional canvas was often replaced by plastic films or other unusual supports. In 1966, he exhibited alongside Hantaï, Degottex, Buraglio, Parmentier, and Rouan at Jean Fournier in Paris and was one of the founders of the Support/Surface movement. Four of his 'Pénélopes' are part of the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, and he designed the ceiling at the Musée Picasso in Antibes. In 1992, he was awarded the Grand Prix National for his entire body of work. His works have been exhibited worldwide (Centre National des Arts Plastiques Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Étienne, Musée Fabre, Fondation Maeght, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Hermitage, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Rio de Janeiro Museum, Madrid Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, etc.).

About the artwork

Roland Garros is the traditional home of the Internationaux de France, the tennis tournament better known worldwide as the French Open. This is one of the official posters that are designed and created each year for the tennis tournament at Roland Garros.