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Lot Essay
The avant-garde Lebanese artist, Labibé Zogbé, also known as Bibi Zogbé, is considered to be the leading female artist of the modern Lebanese art movement. Forgotten for many years in the canon of art history, she is considered to be a major contributor to the arts in Lebanon and South America, and she is one of the only Arab artists to have such an expansive and diversified career, with exhibitions in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janiero, Chile Lebanon and Paris. Emigrating from the seaside village of Sahel Alma to Argentina at the age of sixteen and settling in Buenos Aires, she then dedicated most of her life to her artistic career in painting beautifully ornate, fully robust and decorative floral works. Zogbé is best known for her flower and plant paintings, recognized as “El Peintora des Flores.” Undeniably classical in subject, yet rich in modern and abstract elements, her work is a reflection of the varied lifestyle and artistic techniques she received in her multicultural upbringing.
CARDOS (Thistles) is one of the most vibrant works Christie’s has ever offered to auction, painted with a turquoise and sapphire palette with the flowers delicately interwoven throughout the scene. Thistles are known to be a cross between troublesome weeds and flowers. Little pay as much attention to their captivating flower heads as much as the prickly stems that overwhelm most of the flower. However Zogbe paints this batch of flowers in such captivating, vibrant and energetic hues a way as to celebrate their overall balanced and proud nature that protects and fortifies their symbolic power. With deeply saturated color schemes and sinuous lines billowing throughout, the painting captures the wild and untamed nature of the flower in both color and line.
CARDOS (Thistles) is one of the most vibrant works Christie’s has ever offered to auction, painted with a turquoise and sapphire palette with the flowers delicately interwoven throughout the scene. Thistles are known to be a cross between troublesome weeds and flowers. Little pay as much attention to their captivating flower heads as much as the prickly stems that overwhelm most of the flower. However Zogbe paints this batch of flowers in such captivating, vibrant and energetic hues a way as to celebrate their overall balanced and proud nature that protects and fortifies their symbolic power. With deeply saturated color schemes and sinuous lines billowing throughout, the painting captures the wild and untamed nature of the flower in both color and line.