Lot 31
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ALAIN JACQUET | Image d'Epinal, la barque à Caron

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alain Jacquet
  • Image d'Epinal, la barque à Caron
  • signed, titled and dated fev 62 on the reverse
  • 212 x 195 cm; 46 1/2 x 76 3/4 in.
oil on canvasExecuted in 1962.The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Fabien Jacquet, expert of the Comité Alain Jacquet.

Provenance

Private Collection
Sale: Morand & Morand, Paris, Tableaux, objets d'art, 25 November 2013, lot 60
Acquired from the above sale by the present owners

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. Under very close inspection, two webs of cracks are visible towards the center in the white paint. Light stabilised cracks are also visible in the purple area towards the left corner and the white paint in the lower left corner. There is a faint rub mark along the lower edge. Under Ultra Violet Light inspection, multiple areas fluoresce.
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Catalogue Note

Don’t be mistaken: these works that provoke the disquieting strangeness theorized by Freud are steps toward an ambitious goal, both logical and metaphysical. But because he is an artist, and not a dogmatist, a scientist, a philosopher or a metaphysician, Jacquet dissolves his theological design in a light irony. Jacques Henric