5 Octobre 1966, 1966
Lacquer on canvas
280 x 244 cm
Courtesy Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris

Between 1966 and 1968 Parmentier restricted his artistic practice to striped paintings featuring one colour. In order to deny any personal or symbolic significance to that colour, he decided to change it annually: he selected blue in 1966, grey in 1967, and red in 1968. This painting was made by spraying a solid field of shiny automobile lacquer onto pleated sheets of canvas; when unfolded, the monochrome surfaces became striped ones.