Gérard SCHNEIDER Opus 33 B - 1953 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left "II 53, Schneider", titled on the back "33 B". 89 x 116 cm Provenance: Private collection, Hagen (Germany) Private collection, Riehen (Switzerland) Galerie Carzaniga, Basel (Switzerland) Private collection, Lugano (Switzerland) Exhibitions: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 4th International Art Exhibition of Japon (Fourth Tokyo biennale), May-June 1957 Travelling exhibition : Osaka, Sogu Gallery, June-July 1957; Ube, Watanabe Memorial Hall, July-August 1957; Fukuoka, Iwataya Gallery, August 1957; Sasebo, Public Hall Gallery, September 1957; Kumamoto, Tsuraya Gallery, September-October 1957; Hiroshima, Fukuya Gallery, October 1957; Takamatsu, Modem Art Museum, October-November 1957; Nagoya, Oriental Nakamura, November 1957 Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, "Gérard Schneider, retrospective", March-April 1962, reproduced under no. 31 Travelling exhibition: Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, June 1962 Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, "Zen 49", December 1986-February 1987, reproduced under no. 186 Switzerland, Thielle-Wavre (Neuchâtel), Musée Pierre von Allmen, "Schneider. Les années 50", July-October 1990, reproduced in colour on p. 39 Bibliography: G. Xuriguera, "Schneider. La flamboyance du geste", Editions Cimal, Valence, 1985, reproduced in colour p. 12 Website: "https://www.gerardschneider.net", Les Catalogues Raisonnés, works on paper and paintings, 1951-1961, reproduced in colour under n°GS-T-53-023. A letter of inclusion in the Catalogue Raisonné of Gérard Schneider's works on canvas will be given to the buyer. Oil on canvas; signed and dated lower left, titled on the reverse; 35 x 45.66 in. Temporary import. The hammer price is exclusive of VAT. VAT at the reduced rate of 5.5% applies to the hammer price and the sales commission. This VAT is recoverable for French professionals. It is refundable for a buyer from outside the EU on presentation of proof of export from the EU or for a professional buyer with an intra-Community VAT number and a document proving delivery in the Member State. This work is in temporary import. The hammer price will be VAT excluded. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price and buyer's premium. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside the EU or to the EU purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number and a proof of shipment of his purchase to his EU country home address. Gérard SCHNEIDER 89 x 116 cm