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Property from the Mokbel Art Collection, Lebanon

Willy Aractingi

Le Rapt (The Abduction)

Auction Closed

October 22, 02:02 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Willy Aractingi (1930 – 2003)


Le Rapt (The Abduction)

signed and dated Aractingi '88 (lower right); signed and dated W. Aractingi, Nov. 1988 in English and titled Le Rapt in French (to the reverse)

oil on canvas

114 by 146 cm.; 44 ¾ by 57 ½ in.

framed: 120 by 152 cm. 47 ½ by 59 ¾ in.

Executed in 1988.

Private Collection, France

Aguttes Paris, 22 November 2022, lot 47

Private Collection, Lebanon

Private Collection, Lebanon (acquired from the above by the present owner)

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist, currently being compiled by the artist's daughter, June Aractingi-Nabaa (this artwork will feature as no. 36-08).