Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) - Pastel III

Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), Pastel III, 1928/59.

Color screen print, 21 x 29.8 cm, signed and numbered on the plate. Titled at lower left.

Provenance: Private collection, Berlin.

Condition: Age-appropriate, good condition. Slight bumps at the sheet corners. Illustrations are part of the condition description.

Biography
Jean Fautrier (1898–1964) ranks among the most important representatives of French Informel and among the renewers of modern painting in the 20th century. His works are characterized by an exceptionally pastel coloristic, relief-like surfaces, and a nearly sculptural materiality, with which he dissolved the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Through the sensitive use of delicate tones, dense color applications, and multi-layered structures, Fautrier developed a distinctive visual language that has profoundly influenced informel art.