LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

47.24 in. (120.00 cm.) (height) by 39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'N.Engonopoulos' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Athens, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Nikos Engonopoulos, April 3-15, 1983, no. 9 (listed in the exhibition catalogue)

Literature:

Tetradio Magazine, no. 3, December 1945, p. 42 (referred), p. 48 (discussed), p. 48c (illustrated); A. Xydis, Proposals for the History of Modern Greek Art, Olkos editions, Athens 1976, vo. 1, p. 152 (referred), p. 160 (discussed), p. 157 (illustrated, no. 33); K. Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos, Son Univers Pictural, exhibition catalogue and catalogue raisonée, Benaki Museum, Athens 2007, no. 253, p. 249 (illustrated), p. 417 (catalogued, discussed and illustrated); N. Chaini, The Painting of Nikos Engonopoulos, doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens, 2007, no. 186, pp. 474 (discussed), p. 475 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Andreas Embirikos collection, Athens.,Private collection, Athens