Le Chant du Pré

Details

Abdallah Benanteur (Algerian, b. 1931)
Le Chant du Pré
signed 'benanteur' (centre right); signed, dated and titled '"LE CHANT DU PRÉ" benanteur 1985' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 47¼in. (60 x 120cm.)
Painted in 1985

Literature

C. Lemand (ed.), Benanteur - Peintures, Paris, 2002, p. 59 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Brussels, Palais des Congrès, 1987.

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Lot Essay

'The breadth and spread of his touch, be it light or heavy, provides the mobility of reflections and nuances, the super-impression of visual sensations, heavy or limpid tonalities scattered throughout the space, a prodigious mosaic whose infinite motion is marvellous and fascinating to behold and gaze upon'.
(Raoul-Jean Moulin, 'Benanteur's Own Imaginary', translated by Ann Cremin, in C. Lemand ed., Benanteur - Peintures, Paris, 2002).

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