Aurélie Nemours *

(Paris 1910–2005) Structure du Silence n.4, on the reverse signed, dated Nemours 1983, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, on stretcher, (PP)

The work has been registered under the archive no. XVII, 10 bis and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Evelyne de Montaudoüin, Evreux.

Provenance:
Galerie Denise René, Paris (label on the reverse);
Private Collection, Brussels

Exhibitions:
Aurélie Nemours, Musée Tavet, Pontoise, 2 June - 28 October 1984, no. 36 (label on the reverse);
Galeria Vismara Arte, Milan, 1988;
Arras, 1989;
CNAP, Paris, 1990;
Michaux - Nemours, Centre d’Art, Tanlay, 1995;
Lodz, 1997;
Silence Éclat, Aurélie Nemours rencontre Jean Tinguely, Espace de l’Art concret, Mouans - Sartoux, 1999;
Aurélie Nemours, IVAM Centre Julyo González, Barcelona, 15 October 1998 – 3 January 1999 (label on the reverse);
Aurélie Nemours - Rythme Nombre Couleur, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 9 June - 27 September 2004, Exhibition catalogue, page 153 with ill.

The French painter’s works were predominantly abstracts.
In „Structure du Silence n.4“, executed in 1983, she demonstrates her fondness for playing geometrical games with the contrast between black and white. The straight lines and right angles are regarded as the Parisian artist‘s principles.

Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy