拍品 101
101
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
ANOTHER PROPERTY
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)

Untitled (Seated Nude)

细节
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Seated Nude)
signed and dated 'Souza 62' (upper left)
oil on canvas
55½ x 43¾ in. (140.9 x 111 cm.)
Painted in 1962
出版
Francis Newton Souza, exh. cat., Saffronart and Grosvenor Gallery, London and New York, 2005, no. 27 (illustrated).

拍品专文

This early nude by Francis Newton Souza's exhibits a bold and unrestrained sexuality, stylistically referencing the disordered intensity of Willem de Kooning and the raw unfinished lines of Art Brut, pioneered by Jean Dubuffet. With the bravado of Edouard Manet's Olympia, Souza's nude stares directly at the viewer unashamed by the nakedness of her flesh. This monumental work demonstrates Souza's ability to transform the nude into both a sublime image of idealized beauty (see lot 32) and a virulent icon of sexual power.