Pierre KLOSSOWSKI (1905-2001) - Lot 47

Pierre KLOSSOWSKI (1905-2001) Non possum aliter, January 1973 Colored pencil on paper, signed, titled and dated on the back 125 x 151 cm This work is listed in the artist's online catalog raisonné: www.pierre-klossowski.fr Provenance: - Oreste Del Buono, Milan - Private collection, Italy Exhibitions : - 1990, October 3-December 2, Paris, Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques - December 14-January 27, 1991, Marseille, Musée Cantini, Pierre Klossowki/Retrospective 1950-1990, in cat exp. repr. p. 219 Bibliography : - Jacques Henric, Pierre Klossowski, Adam Biro, Paris, 1989, repr. 134 and 147 Writer, philosopher and visual artist Pierre Klossowski began producing large-scale colored pencil drawings at the turn of the 1970s, a pivotal period that marked the apogee of his conceptual system. Dated January 1973, this monumental work lies at the heart of his artistic maturity, where his obsession with the simulacrum and the sacred takes shape through theatricalized figures of strange fixity. The title "Non possum aliter" ("I cannot do otherwise"), a sentence with strong moral and philosophical resonance, perfectly illustrates his aesthetic quest: a subversive, codified and profoundly intellectual exploration of drives and the double.