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Bechtler Museum of Modern Art - School of Paris

Among the many strengths of the Bechtler collection is a large holding of works by artists who practiced in Paris toward the end of World War II and the years following. Their various approaches to abstraction reveal the breadth of possibilities in both form and content in work that encourages us to question the very nature of form itself. Artists in the collection include Alberto Magnelli, Roger Bissière, Alfred Manessier, Edouard Pignon, Gustave Singier, Maria Elena Vieira da Silva, Pierre Soulages, and Nicolas de Staël.

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Alberto Magnelli Untitled, 1964 12 3/16 in. x 9 5/8 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/04.mp3 Alberto Magnelli Untitled, 1965 19 3/4 in. x 15 1/8 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Alberto Magnelli Untitled, 1965 13 in. x 10 3/4 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Alberto Magnelli Lumiere diffuse, 1950 51 1/4 in. x 64 1/2 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/01.mp3

Alberto Magnelli Untitled, 1965 7 3/4 in. x 5 5/8 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Roger Bissière Untitled, 1955 21 1/2 in. x 16 3/4 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Roger Bissière La veille du printemps, 1964 39 1/4 in. x 28 5/8 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/03.mp3 Alfred Manessier Untitled, 1962 6 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Alfred Manessier Flamme Vive, 1954 20 in. x 13 7/8 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Alfred Manessier Untitled, 1963 15 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Alfred Manessier Dans la flamme qui consumme, 1957 78 7/8 in. x 59 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/06.mp3

Pierre Soulages Eau-forte n° XIV, 1961 23 1/8 in. x 17 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/17.mp3 Maria Elena Vieira da Silva Les nigelles, 1964 13 11/16 in. x 9 7/16 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Maria Elena Vieira da Silva sérigraphie en 4 couleurs, 1959 13 in. x 17 1/2 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/19.mp3

Pierre Soulages Composition, 1962 23 1/4 in. x 16 3/4 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris /public/files/audio/17.mp3 Nicolas de Staël Untitled composition--Grau-blau, 1943 8 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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