Lot 7
  • 7

Georges Mathieu

Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 HKD
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Description

  • Georges Mathieu
  • Repentance Dure
  • signed; titled and inscribed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
Executed circa 1990.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Saint-Denis de la Réunion, Musée Léon Dierx, Georges Mathieu - Période Barbare 1989-1990, April 1991

Condition

The work is in very good condition. The paint surface is intact. Upon very close inspection, there are two very small drying cracks near the central composition. There is no evidence of restoration under ultraviolet light. Framed
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Catalogue Note

"What I am passionate about is to confront the violence of my paintings to the violence of the typhoons, hurricanes but also the strange shapes and colours of my works to your magnificent, exuberant, and extraordinary nature. May you love them!" --- Georges Mathieu, on the occasion of the exhibition Georges Mathieu - Période Barbare 1989-1990 at Musée Léon Dierx