ALAIN JACQUET | Two eagles

oil on canvasExecuted in 1987.The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Fabien Jacquet, expert of the Comité Alain Jacquet.

Acquired from the artist by the present owners

There are faint wear marks around the edges most notably on the four corners. There is a small dent in the center of the right edge close to the rim. There are handling marks along the edges. The lower right corner present a stabilized crack and a small dirt mark. This work is in good condition.
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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