Rome

细节

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Rome
signed and dated 'Souza 1960' (upper left); further signed, titled and dated 'Rome FN SOUZA 1960' and bearing Gallery One label (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15¾ x 19¾ in. (40 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in 1960

来源

Acquired from Gallery One, London
Thence by decent

注意事项

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

荣誉呈献

Deepanjana Klein

dklein@christies.com +1 212 636 2190

拍品专文

In 1960 Souza completed a series of paintings in Italy during his stay there on an Italian Government scholarship. The red building triumphant in the centre of the composition resembles the architecture of St. Peter's. Souza's landscapes and cityscapes in the late 1950s and early 1960s are often imbued with a sense of foreboding and an ominous sublime. However his works during this brief period in Rome are imbued with an elated, expressive exuberance often revelling in red. The green path invites the viewer inside this quivering structure which appears almost dancing in the blue effervescent sunlight. Rome with its broad quick strokes, thick impasto, and rich pallet of blues, greens and reds stands apart from Souza's landscapes as a jubilant jewel in Souza's oeuvre.