LOT DETAILS
Materials:
mixed media on canvas
Measurements:
74.80 in. (190.00 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed in Greek and dated '22-11-62' (lower right)
Exhibited:
Paris, Teriade's house, 1962.,Athens, French Institute - Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation - Pieridis Gallery, Hommage à Yannis Tsarouchis, May 16 - June 15, 1990 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).In 1962, following a three year interlude (1959-1961) devoted mainly to stage-set design for drama and opera, Tsarouchis returned to serious art making, producing large-scale works depicting his signature subjects -peasant girls and sailors- captured in his unique 'orientalising' style1. Honouring an agreement with prominent art critic and lifelong friend E. Teriade (Stratis Eleftheriadis), he confined himself almost exclusively to his Athens studio and worked furiously: by the end of the year, he had created 30 works, among them Woman from Atalanti with red purse, which were at Teriade's house in Paris.2
Literature:
E. Florou, Tsarouchis - Painting, (doctoral dissertation) vol. 1, Athens 1989, no. 498, p. 241 (listed).,E. Florou, Yannis Tsarouchis, His Painting and his Era, Nea Synora - A.A. Livanis editions, Athens 1989, no. 587, p. 595 (listed).,Yannis Tsarouchis (1910-1989) Painting, Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation, Athens 1990, no. 227 (illustrated). ,A. Savakis, Ioannis Tsarouchis, Kastaniotis editions, Athens 1993, p. 150 (mentioned).,M. Karavia, The Thinker of Marousi, Memories and Conversations with Yannis Tsarouchis, Kapon editions Athens 2009, p. 73 (mentioned)
Provenance:
Property of a Private European Family Collection