Dominated by luminous blue tones framed by vivid pink accents, this work exemplifies Pierre Célice's confident handling of colour and structure during the final years of his career. Broad gestural passages interact with collaged elements, producing a composition that oscillates between painterly expression and architectural construction. The layered surface introduces both physical and visual depth without compromising the immediacy of the painted gesture. Célice transforms abstraction into a language of movement, where each brushstroke contributes to an underlying rhythmic order. Pierre Célice (1932–2019) abandoned early law studies for drawing and painting under the guidance of Henri Hayden. Working in the early 1970s in Peter Bramsen's Paris lithography studio, where he crossed paths with CoBrA artists Bram van Velde, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn and Karel Appel, Célice broke with figuration to develop his mature language of cut and layered coloured paper over gestural paint. His work entered the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Details Medium: Acrylic on paper, paper collage, mounted on canvas Date: 2013 Signature: Signed & dated - back top left Paper: 73 × 92 cm This artwork forms part of the maurice verbaet collection and can be viewed in our showroom at Volkstraat 58, Antwerp.
