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Mario Prassinos (Constantinople, 1916 - Avignon, 1985)
L'Eglise or Tristesse des ventres, 1934 - 1935
Oil on panel
Signed and dated on the bottom left "1934 Jean Mario Prassinos 1935"
Titled on the bottom left "Tristesse des ventres"
Sketch on the back, and annotated with: "commencé Septembre 1934" (begun September 1934)
60,5 x 100 cm
Provenance:
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris
Exhibitions:
- Aix-en-Provence, Cloître Saint-Louis, "Prassinos. Rétrospective de l'oeuvre peinte et dessinée. Présence contemporaine", 12 July -28 August 1983, illustrated in the catalogue pp. 22 and 23
Bibliography:
- C. Prassinos, T. Rye, "Correspondance d'Henri Parisot avec Gisèle et Mario Prassinos 1933-1938", Ed. Gallimard, Paris, 2003, described in the catalogue p. 60
- C. Prassinos, T. Rye , "Mario Prassinos", Ed. Actes Sud, Arles, 2005, illustrated in the catalogue p. 29
- C. Prassinos, T. Rye, "Catalogue raisonné de la Donation Prassinos", Ed. de la FMP Donation Prassinos, 1990, illustrated in the catalogue p. 127
The buyer will be provided with an authenticity certificate from Mrs. Catherine Prassinos.
