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Lot 65
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Nikos Engonopoulos

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikos Engonopoulos
  • The Painter and his Model
  • signed and dated 70 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 by 45cm., 21¾ by 17¾in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Athens

Literature

Katherina Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos - Son Univers Pictural, Athens, 2007, pp. 189 & 504, no. 968, illustrated

 

Catalogue Note

In the present work, Engonopoulos conjures up a thought-provoking scene in juxtaposing a quintessential example of his faceless, simultaneously sculptural and amorphic nudes with a model comprised of human accessories. Both symbolise human presence without being strictly representational, and create a tension wrought by the layers of artistic creation indicated by the portrait within the portrait.

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 incorporates elements of mythology, history and antiquity within a contemporary idiom.