Tabula
1974
Tabula
1974
Involved in the Surrealist movement between 1951 and 1954, Simon Hantaï then turned to a gestural painting. It was in 1960 that he adopted his “folding method.” Between then and 1982, eight series of paintings explored as many ways of folding the canvas. No longer a plane of projection, the folded canvas was painted “blind” by an artist concerned to eliminate his own subjectivity from the work, which revealed itself only when unfolded, in the relation of painted and non-painted areas. The “Tabula” series has two phases. The first (1974-1976) deploys a relatively tight grid, while the second sees the square expand and its form break up. A pure, rigorous, minimalist abstract, the great dark blue painting that is Tabula (1974) nonetheless retains the memory of the traditional Hungarian check apron the painter’s mother used to wear.
| Domain | Peinture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Peinture acrylique et huile sur toile |
| Dimensions | 300 x 574 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Jean Fournier, 1978 |
| Inventory no. | AM 1978-231 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Simon Hantaï
(1922, Hongrie - 2008, France) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Tabula |
| Creation date | 1974 |
| Domain | Peinture |
| Description | La technique de pliage détermine ici de nombreuses et régulières surfaces carrées bleues, séparées par de fines lignes en réserve |
| Techniques | Peinture acrylique et huile sur toile |
| Dimensions | 300 x 574 cm |
| Inscriptions | MO.D.B.DR. : SH 74 |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Jean Fournier, 1978 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques |
| Inventory no. | AM 1978-231 |
Bibliography
Simon Hantaï : Venise, XLe Biennale de Venise -Pavillon Français, 1982 (reprod. coul. p. 2-3)
Empreinte - Trace - Volume. Le musée décalé : Toulouse, Musée des Augustins, 1983 (cit. p. 33, reprod. coul. p. 32)
Baldassari (Anne).- Simon Hantaï.- Paris, ed. du Centre Pompidou (collection Jalons), 1992 (cit. p. 53, reprod coul. p. 58-59) . N° isbn 2-85850-661-2
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Simon Hantaï : Paris, Centre Pompidou, Galerie 1, 22 mai-9 sept. 2013. - Paris : Ed. du Centre Pompidou, 2013 (cat. 122, cit. p. 184, repr. coul. p. 190) . N° isbn 978-2-84426-597-5
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Phares: oeuvres majeures de la collection du Centre Pompidou: Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, 29 janvier 2014 - 15 février 2016. - Metz: éd. du Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2014. (Cit. p 26-27,29, reprod. coul. p.4,5,26,27, reprod. p. 28,29) . N° isbn 978-2-35983-029-3
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