Details
THIERRY NOIR (B. 1958)
Thérèse voit le bout du tunnel (Thérèse sees the end of the tunnel)
signed, titled and dated 'THIERRY NOIR 21 AOUT 2003. THERESE VOIT LE BOUT DU TUNNEL' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
59 x 2378in. (150 x 60.5cm.)
Painted in 2003
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2003.
FURTHER DETAILS
When the Berlin Wall collapsed at the end of the 1980s and the 500,000 Soviet soldiers who surrounded West Berlin returned home, I thought that peace would come to Europe in a permanent way. This 2003 canvas painting Thérèse sees the end of the tunnel, representing a yellow and blue head, did not at that time symbolise the resistance of Ukraine against the attack of Russia, but since 24 February 2022, its hidden message reappears in the daylight: freedom will always win in the end.

The seller of this lot has agreed to donate an amount equal to 10% of the hammer price from their net proceeds of sale to the the UN Refugee Agency (HCNUR), who intends to use the funds to support the action Ukraine Emergency.
Special notice
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