阿凡迪

私人收藏，蘇格蘭

The work is in good condition overall, as is the paper, which is free from creases, tears and holes. Upon close observation, light wear and handling is evident on the margins of the painting, along with minor foxing predominantly on the lower left and right margins. There is a slight undulation of the paper at the center (face to cockerel). Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no sign of restoration. Framed, under Plexiglas.
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“Looking at his works, one immediately feels the unity and harmony which pervade them…Their strength comes from the broad gestural brush-stroke, from a kind of duel against the canvas, duel which must consist of rapid movements, now carried out with the brush, now merely with the hand, now—and more often—with the tube itself, in order that the inspiration may not stop even for a short moment, making therefore impossible any correction whatsoever. For him, only the direct and prompt inspiration is bound to grasp and transmit the deep and throbbing emotion.”

Flávio de Aquino, curator of Affandi’s retrospective exhibition at the Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paolo, 1966