• Each sale linked to the Aveyronnais, who resides in Sète and has a very strong personal history with Montpellier, regularly breaks records.

  • The canvas sold in Montpellier was estimated at 500,000 euros.

    It was until now the possession of a couple of art lovers who had acquired it from the painter.

  • The buyer wished to remain anonymous.

    It would be a European acquirer.

Pierre Soulages' painting, titled Painting 100 x 81 cm, April 16, 1975, was sold for 1.3 million euros (1.612 million euros including fees) at an auction in Montpellier. The master of the “Outrenoir” is the most expensive living painter. Each sale linked to the Aveyronnais, who resides in Sète and has a very strong personal history with Montpellier, regularly breaks records. On November 27, 2019, a painting titled 200 x 162 cm, March 14, 1960, had reached 9.6 million euros.

The canvas sold in Montpellier was estimated at 500,000 euros.

It was until now the possession of a couple of art lovers who had acquired it from the now century-old painter.

“It was not at all a speculative purchase, but a collector's purchase, an amateur, explained before the sale at

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the auctioneer Bertrand de Latour.

It is rare, because very often, the works move.

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"It has been a long time since it saves painters a penny"

The buyer wished to remain anonymous.

It would be a European acquirer.

“For an artist, it's very honoring to know that these works are sold well, because that means that there are people looking for them,” explains Benoît Decronle, curator of the Soulages museum in Rodez.

But artists, their works, they've been selling for a long, long time.

So it's been a long time since it makes them earn a penny.

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