NÉOPLASTIC GOUACHES
NÉOPLASTIC GOUACHES
PATH
« The large gouaches I made between 1926 and 1929, almost all of which have been destroyed, bear the clear imprint of technical or morphological problems closely related to neoplasticism: the doubled line, the line thickened to the point of becoming a plane, the plane of color separated from the black dividing line, the single-color split into nuances, etc.
It was too close to the work of Mondrian, for whom I had a great friendship, and I refused to be a « brilliant disciple» ; so I abandoned this path in 1930.
For several years, I navigated in the waters of uncertainty and questioning, until, through unilinear drawings, I slowly reached the definition of the horizontal line repeated endlessly as one traces a furrow.
I had found the simplest, easiest, most pacifying plastic exercise, both for the author and for the spectator. Almost at the same time, the white space, which I named lacuna, revealed itself to my astonishment. I thereby begun the path that I have never left since 1951.»
December 17, 1983, Seuphor
PATH
« The large gouaches I made between 1926 and 1929, almost all of which have been destroyed, bear the clear imprint of technical or morphological problems closely related to neoplasticism: the doubled line, the line thickened to the point of becoming a plane, the plane of color separated from the black dividing line, the single-color split into nuances, etc.
It was too close to the work of Mondrian, for whom I had a great friendship, and I refused to be a « brilliant disciple» ; so I abandoned this path in 1930.
For several years, I navigated in the waters of uncertainty and questioning, until, through unilinear drawings, I slowly reached the definition of the horizontal line repeated endlessly as one traces a furrow.
I had found the simplest, easiest, most pacifying plastic exercise, both for the author and for the spectator. Almost at the same time, the white space, which I named lacuna, revealed itself to my astonishment. I thereby begun the path that I have never left since 1951.»
December 17, 1983, Seuphor
« Mondrian saw these works on the walls of my small apartment in Vanves when he came on Sundays to join other friends, and he said nothing. It was this stubborn silence of my great friend that, without a doubt, dissuaded me from pursuing this path, and that’s fine. Mondrian was right. Already then I knew, without formulating it clearly, that there are no great disciples and that art forms are only useful once. »
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Jean Branchet, in Entretiens sur Michel Seuphor. Actes du colloque international de l’université de Nantes, 13,14 et 15 mars 1985. Meridiens Klincksiec Editions
« Mondrian saw these works on the walls of my small apartment in Vanves when he came on Sundays to join other friends, and he said nothing. It was this stubborn silence of my great friend that, without a doubt, dissuaded me from pursuing this path, and that’s fine. Mondrian was right. Already then I knew, without formulating it clearly, that there are no great disciples and that art forms are only useful once. »
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Jean Branchet, in Entretiens sur Michel Seuphor. Actes du colloque international de l’université de Nantes, 13,14 et 15 mars 1985. Meridiens Klincksiec Editions
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Première gouache géométrique de Seuphor, 1926
Photo en noir et blanc du tableau original
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Esquisse d'une gouache, 1929
Photo en noir et blanc du tableau original
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Gouache de 1929, originale, album photo
Photo en noir et blanc du tableau original
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Composition sans titre
Sérigraphie de 1974 (originale de 1929)
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Composition n°II, 1929, originale, album photo
Photos en noir et blanc du tableau original
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Composition n°V
Sérigraphie de 1974 (originale de 1929)
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Composition n°VIII, gouachePhoto en noir et blanc du tableau original
1929, album photo↑
Première gouache géométrique de Seuphor, 1926
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Composition n°II
Sérigraphie de 1974 (originale de 1929)
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Composition n°II, 1929, originale, album photo
Photos en noir et blanc du tableau original
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Transcription d'une gouache en noir et blanc, dessin à lacunes, 16 avril 1974
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Esquisse d'une gouache, 1929
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Composition n°V
Sérigraphie de 1974 (originale de 1929)
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Composition n°VIII, gouachePhoto en noir et blanc du tableau original
1929, album photo↑
Composition n°VIII, gouacheSérigraphie de 1974 (originale de 1929)
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Transcription d'une gouache en noir et blanc, dessin à lacunes, 19 juin 1929