Marcelle LOUBCHANSKY (1917-1988). Clouds, 1965. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left and countersigned on the back (minor lifting, missing). Height 114 cm - Width : 147 cm Note: French-Russian artist Marcelle Loubchansky is a major figure in lyrical abstraction. She befriended art critic Charles Estienne, who coined the term "Tachisme" and invited her to exhibit within the "Tachistes" circle, which gravitated around the Surrealists. In the 1960s-1970s, she turned her attention to "Prospectives stellaires", in which the Cosmos became her favorite theme, with the innovative use of gasoline-diluted colors bringing a unique rendering to the treatment of forms.