Details
Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004)
Déjeuner à l'atelier
signed 'Abboud' (lower right); dated and titled
'déjeuner à l'atelier ABBOUD 73' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
3938 x 3938in. (100 x 100cm.)
Painted in 1973
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie’s Dubai, 26 October 2010, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Lemand (ed.), Shafic Abboud, Paris, 2006 (illustrated in colour, p. 106).
Special notice
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.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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Lot Essay

'I only stop when both colour and light match. I cannot escape from colour it is my fate and nature - my eyes must have been dazzled forever. The impact between two colours creates light, but whether it be true or false, this "theory" does make me paint.’ -Shafic Abboud

Post Lot Text

This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate from Christine Abboud, under no. ID166.

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