ABSTRACT MODERNIST COLOURED PRINT WITH MUSICAL NOTATION - MAX PAPART, CIRCA 1950S

A STRIKING MID-CENTURY MODERNIST COMPOSITION BY FRENCH ARTIST MAX PAPART, COMBINING ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC FORMS WITH FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS AND MUSICAL NOTATION. THE WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE POST-WAR EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE AESTHETIC, MERGING CUBIST INFLUENCES WITH SURREALIST SENSIBILITIES.

COMPOSITION AND TECHNIQUE:
THE PRINT FEATURES A BOLD PROFILE HEAD RENDERED IN PROFILE AGAINST A COMPLEX BACKGROUND OF INTERLOCKING GEOMETRIC PLANES IN DEEP BLUES, REDS, OCHRES, AND BLACKS. A CENTRAL SEASCAPE WITH LAYERED HORIZONS IN TONAL BLUES AND BLACKS OCCUPIES THE INTERIOR SPACE. THE RIGHT SIDE INCORPORATES A COLLAGED MUSICAL NOTATION SHEET WITH PRINTED STAFF LINES AND NOTES, CREATING A VISUAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN VISUAL ART AND MUSIC—A CHARACTERISTIC MODERNIST CONCERN. THE CREAM PAPER SUPPORT BEARS EMBOSSED LINEAR PATTERNS THROUGHOUT, ADDING TACTILE DIMENSION TO THE COMPOSITION.

IDENTIFICATION:
- ARTIST: MAX PAPART (FRENCH, 1911-1994)
- MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR, GOUACHE, AND COLLAGE ON PAPER
- EDITION: 52/95 (NUMBERED EDITION)
- SIGNED: LOWER RIGHT IN INK
- PERIOD: CIRCA 1950S

DIMENSIONS:
- HEIGHT: 33 CM
- WIDTH: 38 CM

CONDITION: GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THE PAPER SURFACE DISPLAYS NATURAL AGE PATINA CONSISTENT WITH A PRINT OF THIS ERA. THE EMBOSSED TEXTURE REMAINS CRISP AND WELL-DEFINED. THE COLLAGED MUSICAL NOTATION ELEMENT IS SECURE AND SHOWS NO LIFTING OR SEPARATION. COLOURS RETAIN GOOD SATURATION AND VIBRANCY. MINOR CREASING TO THE OUTER EDGES IS CONSISTENT WITH STORAGE AND HANDLING. NO TEARS, LOSSES, OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OBSERVED.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION.

MAX PAPART WAS AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN MID-CENTURY MODERNISM, KNOWN FOR HIS INNOVATIVE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE ARTISTIC LANGUAGES—VISUAL ABSTRACTION, FIGURATION, AND SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS—WITHIN SINGLE COMPOSITIONS. THIS PRINT EXEMPLIFIES HIS MATURE STYLE, COMBINING CUBIST SPATIAL FRAGMENTATION WITH SURREALIST DREAMLIKE IMAGERY AND THE PERIOD'S FASCINATION WITH SYNAESTHETIC EXPRESSION THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF MUSICAL NOTATION.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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