Volto (Aung San Suu Kyi)

Details

Francesca Leone (b. 1964)
Volto (Aung San Suu Kyi)
signed, titled and dated 'Volto A.S.S.K. 2009 Leone' (on the reverse)
oil and bitumen on canvas
78¾ x 39 3/8in. (200 x 100cm.)
Executed in 2009

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Exhibited

Rome, Museo di Palazzo di Venezia, Primo Piano, 2008-2009. This exhibition later travelled to Napoli, Museo di Castel Dell'Ovo.
Moscow, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Beyond Their Gaze, 2009.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'The painting is at the same time sharply defined and yet elusive, solid but yet ethereal, disconcerting and yet majestic. One would infer the artistic approach of a fearless character that treats reality with candor and respect for everything but by reinterpreting all renders it personal' (Claudio Strinati, 'Close-up', in V. Sgarbi, Francesca Leone, exh. cat., Venezia, 54th Esposizione Internazionale D'Arte Biennale di Venezia, Rome, May 2011, p.78)

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