Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Les combles
1963
A labyrinthine web of delicate lines and fragmented forms fills the composition, creating a sense of infinite, shifting space reminiscent of an attic or interior architecture seen through a fractured lens. Vieira da Silva's masterful layering of tempera and watercolour produces a luminous, almost trembling surface where warm and cool tones flicker across the intricate network of marks. The work exemplifies her distinctive approach to abstraction, dissolving solid structure into a dynamic, atmospheric field that hovers between order and dissolution.
- Medium
- tempera and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Christie's
Notes
LITERATURE A. Kuenzi, ''Vieira da Silva'' in Gazette de Lausanne, Lausanne, 9 mai 1964. J. Monnier, ''Vieira da Silva'' in Nouvelle Revue, Lausanne, 15 mai 1964. G. Weelen et J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira da Silva, Catalogue Raisonné, Genève, 1994, No. 1898 (illustré p. 382). EXHIBITED Lausanne, Galerie Alice Pauli, Vieira da Silva, avril-juin 1964, No. 39. Turin, Galleria civica d'arte moderna, Museo Civico, Vieira da Silva, octobre-novembre 1964, No. 125 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 237). Prague, Palác Kinských (juillet-août); Bratislava, vystavná sieň SSVV (août-septembre); Ostrava, Dům umění (septembre), Moderní francouzská kresba, 1967, p. 24, No. 105. Bottrop, Quadrat Bottrop - Moderne Galerie, Sonia Delaunay, Vieira da Silva, Bridget Riley, août-septembre 1979, No. 42. Paris, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, septembre 1981. Paris, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Exposition de groupe, juin-juillet 1986. Conditions of sale Brought to you by Elisabetta Vitullo Junior Specialist, Head of Day Sale EVITULLO@CHRISTIES.COM +33 (0)1 40 76 85 68
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