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Iaroslav Serpan (French, 1922–1976)
LOT ID: 69116
KL 50, 1966

Acrylic, on Paper
25.5 х 19.5 in. cm.
Signed, "Serpan", lower right; Inscribed with date, dimensions, title, and artist's name on verso.
Lot description
This acrylic on paper work by Iaroslav Serpan entitled ‘KL 50’ employs the artist’s characteristic use of dark palettes, offset here by bright contasts of white, blue and yellow. Dynamic strokes ripple across the composition as large forms of black and white are joined together in an abstracted arrangement. Executed in 1966, this work on paper has minor handling creases in the lower left and right margins.

A self taught artist and writer, Iaroslav Serpan (1922-1976) was born in Prague and moved to France with his family in 1926 to study at the Sorbonne. His early career was defined by Surrealism, having exhibited with the group in 1947 at Gallery Maeght. As his painting progressed, Serpan’s work became increasingly more abstract, influenced by artists such as Andre Masson, Antoni Tápie, and Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (Wols) as part of the Art Informal movement. This style moved away from geometric abstraction to more lyrical and expressive forms, as seen in much of Serpan’s paintings. Employing rhythmic lines and dark palettes, his paintings maintain a visually haunting quality about them, filling the composition with swirling forms and shadowed tones. The artist had exhibited at such venues as Gallery Stadler (paris, France), Kootz Gallery (New York, NY), and Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels, Belgium).
KL 50 by Iaroslav Serpan
  • KL 50 by Iaroslav Serpan
  • KL 50 by Iaroslav Serpan
  • KL 50 by Iaroslav Serpan
  • KL 50 by Iaroslav Serpan
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