Lot 31
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Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
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Antonio Saura (1930-1998)

Pica

Details
Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
Pica
signed and dated 'SAURA 63' (lower right); signed and dated again, and titled 'Pica Saura '63' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (130.2 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1963
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1990 from the Estate of the above.
Exhibited
Paris, Artcurial, Saura Oeuvres 1958-1964, May-June 1991, no. 19 (illustrated, p. 26).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

"Sometimes when I see a beautiful woman my head hurts, I am overcome, I almost lose conciousness!.
It is always like this: the beauty of women affects me like a thunberbolt, almost. I like them too much. This is undoubtedly why the subject of most of my paintings are women." (A. Saura, in: Saura. Recent Paintings, exh. cat., Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, p. 1.)

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