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Michel RAGON

[Martin BARRE ]

Portrait photographique de Martin Barré fumant une cigarette

s.l. s.d. (ca 1960), 12,5x17,8cm, une photographie.

Photographic portrait of Martin Barré smoking a cigarette
s.ls.d(ca 1960), 12.5 x 17.8 cm, one photograph
Black and white photographic portrait, contemporary silver print on gloss paper, of the painter Martin Barré. Stamp of the photographer Michel Ragon on the back of the photograph, as well as some handwritten annotations in felt-tip pen, in ballpoint pen and in pencil.
“À partir du milieu des années 1950, Martin Barré inaugure la voie d'une abstraction singulière, ni informelle ni géométrique. Sa peinture est vite remarquée comme l'une des plus ambitieuses du moment en cherchant davantage à révéler l'espace qu'à produire des formes. Dès 1958, le Guggenheim Museum le fait entrer dans sa collection.” “From the mid-1950s, Martin Barré inaugurated the path of a singular abstraction, neither informal nor geometric. His painting is quickly noticed as one of the most ambitious of the time, seeking more to reveal space than to produce shapes. From 1958, the Guggenheim Museum included him in its collection.” (Centre Pompidou, Martin Barré Retrospective  - 14 Oct. 2020 - 5 April 2021)
Rare photographic portrait of the artist at the start of his career.              

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