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Lot 30
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Nikos Engonopoulos Greek, 1910-85

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikos Engonopoulos
  • The Poet and his Muse

  • signed l.l.

  • oil on canvas

  • 57.5 by 47cm., 22¾ by 18½in.

Provenance

E. Trezou, Athens
Private Collection, Athens

Literature

Stelios Lydakis, The Greek Painters - 20th Century, vol. 2, Athens, 1976, no. 34, p. 262, illustrated

Catalogue Note

A student of Parthenis (see lots 5, 7, 22, 27 & 106) at the School of Fine Art in Athens, Engonopoulos is considered the founder of surrealism in Greek art. Known for his erotic depictions of nude or partially dressed male and female figures he incorporates elements of mythology, history and antiquity within a contemporary idiom.