To celebrate the 100th birthday of the master of ‘outrenoir’, this survey includes abstract works created in each of the last eight decades – from early experiments with materials such as walnut stain and tar, to the ‘ultra-black’ polyptychs that Soulages has worked on since 1979. Find out more from the Louvre’s website.
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Walnut Stain (1946), Pierre Soulages. Musée Soulages, Rodez. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
![Goudron sur verre (1948), Pierre Soulages.](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2_Pierre-Soulages_Goudron-sur-verre_455-x-455-cm_-1948_Paris-Musée-National-dArt-moderne-Centre-Pompidou-Archives-Soulages-ADAGP-Paris-2019.jpg?resize=730%2C744)
Goudron sur verre (1948), Pierre Soulages. Centre Pompidou, Paris. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
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Peinture (1953), Pierre Soulages. Guggenheim Museum, New York. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
![Peinture (2008), Pierre Soulages.](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/8_Pierre-Soulages_Peinture_222-x-314cm_24-février-2008_Paris-Pierre-Soulages-Archives-Soulages-ADAGP-Paris-2019.jpg?resize=730%2C517)
Peinture (2008), Pierre Soulages. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
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