Image 1 of François Morellet, "Trames" 1970, Silkscreen on Wove Paper, Framed Museumglass
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François Morellet, "Trames" 1970, Silkscreen on Wove Paper, Framed Museumglass

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Artist François Morellet (Cholet 1926 – Cholet 2016) was a French painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art, and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art. Morellet began his artistic career - still working in his parents' business - as a autodidact painter. His work was influenced by the work of the Dutch painter Piet Mondriaan and by the French painter Pierre Dmitrienko (Nouvelle École de Paris). As early as 1950 he called himself an abstract painter and around that time he already had his first exhibition at Galerie Creuze in Paris. His first “sphère trame” dates from this period. In the 1960’s, together with artists such as Francisco Sobrino, Horacio Garcia Rossi, Julio Le Parc, Yvaral and Joël Stein, he started experimenting with kinetic art within the artists' group “Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel”, which wanted to experimentally explore the possibilities of visual art in a scientific way. He also participated in the international movement “Nouvelle Tendance”. In 1963, Morellet began to create light objects using neon tubes after the example of the American Dan Flavin. From the end of the sixties, Morellet started to occupy himself with art in relation to architecture and art in public spaces. Examples of these projects are: the Centre Culturel in Compiègne, the La Défense district in Paris and contributions to the sculpture park of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo. Morellet's work is considered to be geometric abstraction and it fits in with the minimalism of Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt and Frank Stella. At the same time, there is an affinity with Dadaism. Many international musea represent Morellet’s work, among many others: Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Gallery, London; MoMa, New York; Los Angeles Museum of Art (Lacma); The Tel Aviv Museum and Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Description "Trames", 1970 Silkscreen op wove paper. Edition 300. Signed and numbered (209/300) by the artist in pensil. Professionally framed in brushed aluminium frame with museumglass (protects against UV light and minimizes reflection). Ready to hang! Condition Good condition, full margins no fading. Dimensions Sheet H. 64 cm W. 64 cm Frame H. 66.5 cm W. 66.5 cm D. 3.5 cm Weight 4607 gram

ConditionVery goodColorsWhite, Black, SilverMaterialPaperNumber of items1StyleModern, AbstractSubjectGeometricOrientationSquareHeight67 cmWidth67 cmDepth4 cm