Serge POLIAKOFF (1900-1969). Blue composition, 1967. Gouache signed lower right. Sight: Height : 60.5 cm - Width : 46 cm Accompanied by its certificate signed by Daniel Varenne and Serge Poliakoff dated 13-9-67. Provenance : - Private collection of a member of the collector's collective La Peau du Chat, then by descent. Note: A Russian-born painter of the Nouvelle École 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.