NONDA (PAPADOPOULOS) (1922-2005) Figure debout
NONDA (PAPADOPOULOS) (1922-2005)
Figure debout
signé "NONDA" au revers
technique mixte sur toile
145 x 100 cm. (57 1/16 x 39 3/8in.)
Peint c. 1970
signed "NONDA" on the reverse
mixed media on canvas
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Exhibitions
Athens, Benaki Museum, Nonda, Six Decades of Art, 1940-2000, December 14, 2006 - February 18, 2007 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 196).
Standing Figure, is an emblematic work of Nonda's which holds all the characteristics of his seminal abstract work. The mixed media is applied in thick impasto using bold strokes and the abstracted figure has the upwards brushstroke depicting arms raised high, a symbol in many of his paintings. The figure represents a female form in its unifying yet opposing forces of strength and fragility. This work is from a series exhibited in 1971 under the arches of the Pont du Carrousel, Paris in a continuation of Nonda's groundbreaking public art exhibitions at the Pont Neuf in the 60's.
"J'adore les femmes. Elles sont les plus fortes parmi nous. Elles déclenchent un état émotionnel en moi qui m'inspire à transmettre leur beauté infini." Nonda
"I adore women. They are the strongest amongst us. They unleash an emotional state in me that inspires me to transmit their infinite beauty." Nonda
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NONDA (PAPADOPOULOS) (1922-2005)
Figure debout
signé "NONDA" au revers
technique mixte sur toile
145 x 100 cm. (57 1/16 x 39 3/8in.)
Peint c. 1970
signed "NONDA" on the reverse
mixed media on canvas
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Exhibitions
Athens, Benaki Museum, Nonda, Six Decades of Art, 1940-2000, December 14, 2006 - February 18, 2007 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 196).
Standing Figure, is an emblematic work of Nonda's which holds all the characteristics of his seminal abstract work. The mixed media is applied in thick impasto using bold strokes and the abstracted figure has the upwards brushstroke depicting arms raised high, a symbol in many of his paintings. The figure represents a female form in its unifying yet opposing forces of strength and fragility. This work is from a series exhibited in 1971 under the arches of the Pont du Carrousel, Paris in a continuation of Nonda's groundbreaking public art exhibitions at the Pont Neuf in the 60's.
"J'adore les femmes. Elles sont les plus fortes parmi nous. Elles déclenchent un état émotionnel en moi qui m'inspire à transmettre leur beauté infini." Nonda
"I adore women. They are the strongest amongst us. They unleash an emotional state in me that inspires me to transmit their infinite beauty." Nonda
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