Nicolas de Staël: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings

Nicolas de Staël. Catalog raisonne of the Paintings. Revised and augmented by Marie du Bouchet and Gustave de Staël, this new edition takes up the out-of-print version of 1997 published by Editions Ides et Calendes, renewing it with enriched notices of the many exhibitions, books and sales of works that have brought life to the painting by Nicolas de Stael since then. This long-awaited new edition of the catalog raisonné of the painted works of Nicolas de Stael is the third since 1968, then established by the painter's widow, Françoise de Staël, who died in 2012. Revised and augmented by Marie du Bouchet and Gustave de Stael, it takes again the out-of-print version of 1997 published by Editions Ides et Calendes, renewing it with enriched notices of the numerous exhibitions, books and sales of works that have brought the art to life. painting by Nicolas de Staëll since then. A long research work has made it possible, thanks to Collectors, Auction Houses, Galleries and Museums, to bring together a very large number of color reproductions. We are therefore particularly happy today to be able to publish a full-color catalog raisonné for the first time. The body of work today consists of 1120 paintings. Nineteen paintings have been added, including 7 which have been recognized since 1997 as being by the hand of Nicolas de Staà «l and 7 sketches which were already included in the first catalog raisonné in 1968, then withdrawn by Françoise de Staë l in the 1997 edition. It was decided to reintegrate them in order to produce an exhaustive catalog of the work. Also for the first time, this catalog raisonné is appearing in English, which reflects the international presence of the work. As a large number of paintings are kept in American and British private or museum collections, the choice of English for this publication seemed obvious to us. The texts which are part of the founding writings of Nicolas de Staël's work, such as that of André Chastel, Roger van Gindertael, Germain Viatte or Anne de Staà «l will therefore be accessible to amateur readers and foreign collectors. . We are grateful to Madame Eliza Rathbone (recognized specialist in the painter's work) for having written an introduction which traces with great precision the history of Nicolas de Staël's fame in the United States. This Catalog raisonné of paintings echoes the "Catalog raisonné of works on paper" published in 2013 by Editions Ides et Calendes.