This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi and Claude Tayag confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Paris

ABOUT THE WORK

Dabs of color became so obtrusive as to give the picture depicting people en masse an almost abstract quality. The painting shown here consequently has the appearance of mosaic but, the discreet touch of colors refuse to merge even from a distance. The faceted style is most evident in the treatment of the background and the abstracted figures which are merged into a complex pattern of interlocking facets. Color explodes in fragments over the turbulent forms. The composition goes beyond abstraction to create a sensuous situation of color and gestural forms in a synthesis of the senses that impinges irresistibly on the viewer. With its interplay of massed figures and open space intervals suggests a grand public occasion, a pretext for visual sumptuosity.