20th Century Art / Middle East
20th Century Art / Middle East
Shafic Abboud
Esquisse 9 pour Nuits (Sketch 9 for Nights)
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October 26, 12:27 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Shafic Abboud
1926 - 2004
Esquisse 9 pour Nuits (Sketch 9 for Nights)
signed Abboud '88
oil on cardboard
45 by 54 cm. 17 ¾ by 21 ¼ in.
framed: 59.5 by 68.5 cm. 23 ½ by 27 in.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Mrs. Christine Abboud, Paris. This work will be included in the upcoming catalogue raisonée to be published with the reference ID2391.
This work by Shafic Abboud is well documented in the Artist's archives - with photographs and comments in notebooks about Abboud's interest in this painting. According to him, it was the first of the "Esquisses pour les Nuits" ("Sketches for the Nights") to introduce graphic signs and scriptures, which he would later use for the series of large canvases that would constitute the "Nuits".