Nicolas IONESCO (1919-2008) Composition, 1957 Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Signed and dated on the back. (Small cracks and tiny missing parts). 93 x 73 cm Bibliography : Serge Lemoine, Nicolas Ionesco: du spirituel dans l'art, Dijon, Les presses du réel, 2022, reproduced on p. 161. We would like to thank the "Atelier Nicolas Ionesco" for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate can be issued on request and at the purchaser's expense. In 1960, Nicolas Ionesco took part in the major Monochrome Malerei exhibition at the Morsbroich Museum in Leverkusen, which featured several paintings from the same series, although they were not precisely identified.