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Nikos Engonopoulos
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80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Nikos Engonopoulos
- mediterranean muse
- signed lower right
- oil on canvas
- 53.5 by 43.5cm., 21 by 17in.
Exhibited
Athens, Panhellenic Exhibition, 1967, no. 168
Athens, Galerie d'Art d'Athens, Surrealism, November 1979
Athens, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Nikos Engonopoulos, 1983, no. 60, illustrated in the catalogue
Athens, Benaki Museum, Engonopoulos, November 2007 - January 2008
Athens, Galerie d'Art d'Athens, Surrealism, November 1979
Athens, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Nikos Engonopoulos, 1983, no. 60, illustrated in the catalogue
Athens, Benaki Museum, Engonopoulos, November 2007 - January 2008
Literature
Ne parlez pas au chauffeur / Les Clavecins du silence, 1966, 2nd edition, p. 6, illustrated
Ethnos, 8 March 1967, illustrated
Moderno Spiti, 1967, no. 30, illustrated
Avgi, 23 October 1985, illustrated
Kerdos, 10 November 1985, illustrated
Scholastis, January 1986, p. 63, illustrated
Lexi, January-March 2004, p. 137, no. 179, illustrated
Katerina Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos son Univers Pictural, Athens, 2007, p. 346 & p. 492, no. 867, illustrated
Ethnos, 8 March 1967, illustrated
Moderno Spiti, 1967, no. 30, illustrated
Avgi, 23 October 1985, illustrated
Kerdos, 10 November 1985, illustrated
Scholastis, January 1986, p. 63, illustrated
Lexi, January-March 2004, p. 137, no. 179, illustrated
Katerina Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos son Univers Pictural, Athens, 2007, p. 346 & p. 492, no. 867, illustrated
Catalogue Note
Initially a student of Parthenis at the School of Fine Art in Athens, Engonopoulos is considered the founder of Surrealism in Greek art. Known for his erotic depictions of nude or partially dressed male and female figures, he incorporated elements of mythology, history and antiquity within a contemporary idiom.