Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
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Antonio Saura (1930-1998)

Manola II

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Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
Manola II
signed and dated 'Saura 63' (centre right); signed, titled and dated 'Manola Saura 63' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
76¾ x 51in. (195 x 130cm.)
Painted in 1963
Provenance
Pierre Matisse, New York (ST 4984).
Jason McCoy, New York (AS 848).
Literature
G. de Cortanze, Antonio Saura, Paris 1994, (illustrated p. 126 in colour).
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Saura, March-April 1964, no. 14 (illustrated and incorrectly numbered Manola I).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna della Città di Lugano, Villa Malpensata, Antonio Saura, September-November 1994, no. 28.
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Lot Essay

"I am a man who loves the beauty of women; yet those I paint are not beautiful. But after all, the prehistoric Venuses are monstrous; monstrous and marvellous. To love, to protest, to destroy: this is painting." (Antonio Saura quoted in Exh. cat. Matisse, Saura, New York 1964, p. 2).

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