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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 5, 2023 | Bonhams | Paris | Le Paris du Monde Arabe | 11 | $****** - ****** | Traversée du Silence N° 1 |
paintings
34 x 48 cm (13.39 x 18.9 in)
tempera on canvas laid down on board
signed and dated (lower right), titled (lower left)
Shafic Abboud, illustrated monograph edited and published by Claude Lemand, Paris, 2006. Chronology of the Works, pages 354-355
A meticulous and fastidious colourist, Shafic Abboud was renowned for his methodical approach to draftsmanship, exploring and examining prospective pigments and palettes before each composition. Abboud studied at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) under César Gemayel before he went to Paris in 1947. There he studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and frequented the studios of Jean Metzinger, Fernand Lége, and André Lhote. He returned to Lebanon in 1949 and held his first solo show of figurative paintings in Beirut in 1950. The following year he resettled in Paris. He was invited to the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris and was the only Arab artist included in the first Paris Biennale in 1959. As a painter Abboud is renowned for the subtle incorporation of his Lebanese roots, namely his childhood memories and the landscape of Mount Lebanon, into his masterfully balanced compositions, as well as for his balanced use of colour. He travelled often and consistently returned to his homeland, where he played a major role in Beirut"s cultural and artistic life.
Shafic Abboud (Lebanon, 1926-2004)
Traversée du Silence N° 1
tempera on canvas laid down on board
signed and dated (lower right), titled (lower left), executed in 1993
34 x 48cm (13 3/8 x 18 7/8in).
