Lot 35AR
Yiannis Moralis(Greek, 1916-2009)Young woman 115 x 45 cm.
13 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £56,312.50 inc. premium
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Yiannis Moralis (Greek, 1916-2009)
Young woman
signed in Greek and dated '1954' (lower left)
oil on canvas
115 x 45 cm.
signed in Greek and dated '1954' (lower left)
oil on canvas
115 x 45 cm.
Footnotes
An entrancing portrait of commanding presence that transcends mere likeness to suggest inner truth and deeper meaning, Young woman draws from the storehouse of Greek artistic tradition, revealing the artist's acute art historical and intellectual awareness. Purity of form, statuesque quality, composed immobility, austerity of line, balanced compositional design, serene ethos and disciplined rhythm dictated by a deep sense for human scale, echo the timeless values of Greek idealistic art, while the rigorous frontality, shallow compositional depth and stable, indefinable light that seems to emanate from within allude to the self-illuminating portraits of saints in Byzantine icon painting.