Serge POLIAKOFF (1900-1969). Abstract composition in pink and white on a shaded blue background. Gouache signed lower right (small chips and lifting). Sight: Height : 63 cm - Width : 46.5 cm Provenance: private collection, Paris. Note: Russian-born painter of the Nouvelle Ecole de Paris, he is associated with lyrical abstraction and Art Informel. His paintings remained academic until his discovery of abstract art in London in 1935, where he befriended Kandinsky, Sonia and Robert Delaunay. His work is characterized by compositions of interlocking forms and a subtle use of color, often without marked contours.