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Claire Tabouret — Les Débutantes (Dark Water)
Claire Tabouret

Les Débutantes (Dark Water)

2016

"Les Débutantes (Dark Water)" is a diptych by Claire Tabouret that combines acrylic paint and fabric on canvas to explore themes of youth, vulnerability, and transition. Tabouret's characteristic technique of layering gestural brushwork with photographic imagery creates a haunting visual dialogue between the figurative and abstract elements. The work's title references the traditional debutante presentation while the "dark water" evokes psychological and emotional depths, reflecting the artist's interest in the liminal spaces between childhood and adulthood.

Medium
acrylic and fabric on canvas, diptych

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Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 25, 2024

Lot 4

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Claire Tabouret, Les Débutantes (Dark Water), 2016

"Les Débutantes (Dark Water)" is a diptych by Claire Tabouret that combines acrylic paint and fabric on canvas to explore themes of youth, vulnerability, and transition. Tabouret's characteristic technique of layering gestural brushwork with photographic imagery creates a haunting visual dialogue between the figurative and abstract elements. The work's title references the traditional debutante presentation while the "dark water" evokes psychological and emotional depths, reflecting the artist's interest in the liminal spaces between childhood and adulthood.

Medium
acrylic and fabric on canvas, diptych
Year
2016
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Water symbolism, Figurative Painting, French Artist, Dark Atmospheric, Psychological Depth, Large Scale, Hyperrealism, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary, Female Subjects

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