Untitled

Details

Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004)
Untitled
signed and dated 'ABBOUD 80' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 25 5/8in. (54 x 65.2cm.)
Painted in 1980

Provenance

The artist's Estate.

Special notice

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Further details

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Christine Abboud and will be included in the forthcoming Shafic Abboud Catalogue raisonne currently being prepared by Christine Abboud, under no. ID726.

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Lot Essay

'In the genesis of each painting, there is a visual trigger coming from an event which we have experienced. Why chose one or another moment of daily life ? This is still a real mystery to me and there is no explanation for the reasons of my adherence. All in all, painting is like telling a story, yet my language is the paint and everything is enacted and decided on the canvas and within its making. The work is finished once the initial impact is restored and life is recovered, through trial and error. To sum up, the more I go forward, the less I know what is the painting.'

(The artist quoted, October 1978; translated from French).

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