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Lot 128
MARIA HELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA (1908-1992)
Galerie des Glaces du Roi Soleil
Closed5 December 2013
Price Realised
EUR 193,500
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'Je n'aime pas en général les oeuvres qui affichent leurs complications. Je préfère les oeuvres épurées mais qui laissent pressentir, deviner, au loin, la complexité des choses du monde.'
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1987, citée in G. Weelen et J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira da Silva - Monographie, 1993, Genève, p. 31.
'Generally I don't like works that showcase their complexity. I prefer works that are simple in design but let you feel and guess, at a distance, the complexity of the things of the world.'
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, August 1987, quoted in G. Weelen and J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira dfa Silva - Monographie, Geneva, 1993, p. 31.
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1987, citée in G. Weelen et J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira da Silva - Monographie, 1993, Genève, p. 31.
'Generally I don't like works that showcase their complexity. I prefer works that are simple in design but let you feel and guess, at a distance, the complexity of the things of the world.'
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, August 1987, quoted in G. Weelen and J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira dfa Silva - Monographie, Geneva, 1993, p. 31.