SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
French painter Georges Mathieu (1921–2012) began making his first abstract works in 1947. A sales catalogue attributes an influence on these early explorations to Jackson Pollock, Wols and Willem de Kooning.
His exhibition history includes “Younger European Painters” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1953, documenta II in Kassel in 1959 and the Venice Biennale in 1986.
The Art Institute of Chicago lists Faintness (Matité), dated 1951, among the works associated with the artist. The stated provenance of Variation en noir passes through the art trade, via an auction in France, and then a private collection in Switzerland.
This profile brings together identity references for Georges Mathieu and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
11 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Kornfeld, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Piguet, Germann, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil and Indian ink on paper
Variation en noir.
Öl und Tusche auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2024-11-08
Published result : 11000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 16000
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Tusche und Gouache auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-19
Published result : 14585 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Gouache
Composition pour Brigitte Perponcher
gouache
Auction date : 2018-12-01
Published result : 3720 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
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Oil on canvas
Grâces Vagabondes
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-12-01
Published result : 105400 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 40000
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Ohne Titel
Aquarell und Tusche
Catalogue period : 2018-06-14
Published result : 12000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 6000
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Oil on canvas
"Mauves".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 50000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 60000
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Oil on canvas
Ombre d'été,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 110000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 40000–60000
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Oil on canvas
Sator, 1968
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
Mirage rouge, 1984
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Tusche mit Gouache.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on wood
Sans titre, 1951
Öl auf Holz.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
View the lot at the auction house ↗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
