Untitled

Details

Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Abboud 77' (lower right)
oil on canvas
76 x 51in. (193 x 129.5cm.)
Painted in 1977

Literature

C. Lemand, Shafic Abboud, Paris 2006 (illustrated in colour, p. 131).

Exhibited

Beirut, Loft 46, Pieces for a Museum Featuring: Paul Guiragossian and Shafic Abboud, 2010 (illustrated in colour, p. 27).

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Further Details

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Christine Abboud and will be included in the forthcoming Shafic Abboud Catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Christine Abboud, under no. ID194.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that the correct dimensions of this painting should read 63 7/8 x 51¼in. (162 x 130cm.).

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Lot Essay

'Like all the painters whom I consort with, I am obsessed by the redefining of space, through a return to classical figuration. But it is an unusual approach: it is not a question of objective space, but of seeking a true vision. These visual preoccupations are defined by means of a relationship with the work itself. I am no longer interested in creating picture-objects, simply pleasant and agreeable. For the essential point is to place a question on my canvas, even if I don't find any answers. It makes me feel secure.'

(Shafic Abboud in an interview with L'Orient-Le Jour, 7 March 1972).

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