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Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from Robert Martin dated Paris, le 25 octobre 1998.
Paysage de Provence is a prime example of the economy of tone adopted by Friesz from 1909 after abandoning Fauvism. In this work he moves away from bright colours and wild brushstrokes and demonstrates a more Cézannesque style using both the muted greens and yellows which so encapsulate the essence of the provençal landscape, and the rhythmical but strict composition of form.
Paysage de Provence is a prime example of the economy of tone adopted by Friesz from 1909 after abandoning Fauvism. In this work he moves away from bright colours and wild brushstrokes and demonstrates a more Cézannesque style using both the muted greens and yellows which so encapsulate the essence of the provençal landscape, and the rhythmical but strict composition of form.