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Geneviève Asse’s painting moves from still life towards abstraction as the objects depicted become indistinct. Blue, in several shades, takes on a prominent place in her work and is associated with the designation “bleu Asse”. A painter and printmaker, born Geneviève Anne Marie Bodin in Vannes in 1923, she signs her works Geneviève Asse and dies in Paris in 2021.
She studies at the École des Arts décoratifs from 1940 to 1942. After the war, she works for textile firms, notably Paquin and Bianchini-Férier, while resuming painting. Her first solo exhibition takes place in 1954 at the Galerie Michel Warren in Paris.
Her work also extends to stained glass: from 1984 to 1988, she contributes to the stained-glass windows of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Cathedral. In 1993, a public commission for the Chalcographie du Louvre results in Atlantique I, an engraving made using the burin, drypoint and aquatint. She also illustrates bibliophile books, including Début et fin de la neige by Yves Bonnefoy, published in 1989. The drawing Fenêtre, dated 1955, is acquired by the Centre Pompidou in 1992. In 2012, she donates works to the city of Vannes, notably to the Musée des beaux-arts La Cohue.
A retrospective is devoted to her at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen in 2009–2010. In 2013, the Musée national d’Art moderne in Paris presents the exhibition “Peintures”.
This profile brings together identity references for Geneviève Asse and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Genève Enchères · Piguet
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on canvas
"Composition"
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-12-10
Published result : 12000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Oil on paper
Sans tire (1964)
huile sur papier
Catalogue period : 2024-09-18
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on canvas
Sans titre, 1962
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-06-19
Published result : 12378 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Oil on canvas
Composition, 1958
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-06-19
Published result : 29708 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 15000–20000
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Oil and coloured pencil on paper.
Suite celtique XVI, 1970
Öl und Farbstift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2023-11-03
Published result : 3958 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on canvas
Sans titre IX, 1981
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-11-03
Published result : 22265 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 15000–20000
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Oil on canvas
Chemin de lumière III (1972)
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2020-06-18
Published result : 3500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Pair of oils on canvas
Ligne bleue (1969)
Paire d’huiles sur toile
Catalogue period : 2020-06-18
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Gouache
Sans titre
gouache
Catalogue period : 2016-04-21
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Gouache
Composition,
gouache
Catalogue period : 2013-12-11
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Temps bleu
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Published result : 24000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 15000–25000
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Oil on canvas
Espace vertical II,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Published result : 21000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Oil on canvas
Partage bleu
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Published result : 21000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Oil on canvas
Trinité sur mer,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Published result : 16000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Charcoal
Forme 1
fusain
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Published result : 1700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on canvas
Sans titre
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-12-10
Published result : 28000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Oil on canvas
Transparence des objets,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-12-10
Published result : 12000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Oil on canvas
Bretagne
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 10000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Oil on canvas
Composition bleue
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-12-10
Published result : 7500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–8000
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Oil on canvas
Sans titre
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2015-06-17
Published result : 8000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Oil on canvas
"Ouverture lumière",
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-06-15
Published result : 13000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Oil on paper
Composition objet, 1964,
huile sur papier
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 8000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on paper
Route de Pampelune", 1963,
huile sur papier
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 8000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on canvas
"Pont Marie", 1962,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 26000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Gouache
Trame pour suite 25
gouache
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Trame pour suite 25
gouache
Catalogue period : 2015-06-17
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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