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Lot n° 134
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
Result
: NC
Lucien Joseph FONTANAROSA (1912-1975) - Lot 134
Lucien Joseph FONTANAROSA (1912-1975)
Portrait of Madame Denise Marmey, wife of Dr. Jean Marmey, gynecologist in Rabat, Morocco.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated 1936 lower left.
100 x 80 cm.
Indentation, missing lower right.
Provenance: Former collection of Dr. Jean Marmey, gynecologist in Rabat, Morocco.
This painting dates from the second half of 1936, the year Lucien Fontanarosa spent in Morocco.
Following the Grand Prix d'Afrique du Nord awarded to him by the City of Paris in 1935, he worked in Morocco for a year: from October 1935 to March 1936, he spent six months in Fez, traveled to Tafilalet, then returned to Paris to take the concours de Rome. In July 1936, he was awarded the Premier Grand Prix. From August to October 1936, he returned to Morocco, stopping off in Casablanca, then settling in Rabat, from where he made frequent trips to the south.
Works from this period are few and far between, and rarely appear in auction houses.
We would like to thank Mr. Stéphane Löber for the details he provided on this work, which will be included in his archives and those of the Lucien Fontanarosa Association.
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