Fruits

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Yves Oppenheim (B. 1948)
Fruits
signed and dated 'Yves Oppenheim 91' (on the reverse of the left canvas)
tempera on canvas, in two parts
each: 102 1/8 x 63in. (259.5 x 160cm.)
Executed in 1991

Provenance

Multiplicata, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.

Exhibited

Paris, Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Yves Oppenheim, 1992 (illustrated, no. 28).

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Lot Essay

Fruits from 1991 is an expert example of abstract painter Yves Oppenheim. Over the scope of two panels Oppenheim layers and juxtaposes colours in order to create a specific tonal mood. Shapes and patterns rendered in red and yellow with hues of blue, create a dream-like scenery, a restaging of the classical still-life genre which fluctuates on the edge between abstraction and figuration.

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