Online Auction 18882Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art
Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004)
Lot 44PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Shafic Abboud (Lebanese, 1926-2004)

Déjeuner à l'atelier

Closed24 November 2020

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GBP 68,750

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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
39 3/8 x 39 3/8in. (100 x 100cm.)
Painted in 1973

Anon. sale, Christie’s Dubai, 26 October 2010, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

'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

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