Peter SAUL [américain] (né en 1934) Composition (Série Washing Machine), 1959 Huile sur toile. Signée en bas à gauche. 110 x 90 cm Provenance : Collection particulière, Paris. L’œuvre est répertoriée et illustrée dans un journal tenu par Peter Saul entre juin 1956 et 1964. Face à la photographie de l’œuvre, il est inscrit de sa main : « Wanted to « find » the outline of the machine in the act of painting because so many people said the box-shape was “arbitrary” or not arrived at in terms of painting-hence the de Kooning loopy edge in top right. Sevres green with lots of white was the excitement to begin. I found an orange background was no good, switched to white. A la Beckett again. Not bad, it improves as the paint dries. It doesn’t look like a washing machine, even to me, nor does it really work spontaneously – but in terms of colour and technique it expresses the slush, slush, slush of cold shirts and [...] dirty water. Very OXYDOL, TIDE.”