Lempertz · Lot 638
Pliage
Acryl auf gefalteter Leinwand
Auction date : 2016-06-04
Published result : 29760 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 20000
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Jean-Pierre Pincemin
Born : 1944Died : 2005Documented citizenships : France
Before becoming an artist, Jean-Pierre Pincemin works as a lathe operator, particularly in the precision engineering industry. From 1967, encouraged by the gallery owner Jean Fournier, he makes constructions from discarded industrial materials, which he presents at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture. In his early investigations, he works on unstretched canvas without a brush, transferring impressions of materials such as bricks, corrugated sheets or wire mesh onto it. He also cuts out and glues canvas shapes—squares, diamonds or ladders—that have been dyed beforehand.
In 1969, he organises an exhibition with Claude Viallat entitled « La peinture en question » at the École spéciale d’architecture in Paris. After taking part in the main exhibitions of Supports-Surfaces, he later distances himself from his fellow artists and follows his own path from 1973 onwards.
In 1994, a public commission for the Chalcographie du Louvre results in two aquatint engravings, « The Young Girl and Death, plate C » and « The Young Girl and Death, plate F ». The following year, in Liège, he creates on the ceiling of the Balloir hospice a depiction of the creation of the world that is faithful to the biblical account. He teaches for many years at the École des Beaux-Arts in Poitiers, and then at the one in Angers. In 2010, the Musée d’art moderne de Céret dedicates a retrospective to him in collaboration with La Piscine in Roubaix and the museum in Angers.
This profile brings together identity references for Jean-Pierre Pincemin and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
6 references are documented at Genève Enchères, Piguet, Germann, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Works recorded at auction
Genève Enchères · Lot 62
Untitled
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Sans titre
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 30000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 15000–20000
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Piguet
Sans titre,
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Sans titre,
huile sur papier marouflée sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 48000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 30000–50000
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Germann
Untitled, 1976
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Sans titre, 1976
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Piguet
Untitled
Acrylic
Original catalogue wording
Sans titre
acrylique
Catalogue period : 2016-06-15
Published result : 4500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Piguet
Red composition
acrylique sur toile
Original catalogue wording
Composition rouge
acrylique sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 7000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19