Null ROBERT COMBAS (b. 1957)
LE RELAIS, 2007
Acrylic on canvas
Signed and dated …
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ROBERT COMBAS (b. 1957) LE RELAIS, 2007 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated lower right Countersigned and dated on reverse Acrylic on canvas; signed and dated lower right; signed and dated on the reverse 162 X 114 CM - 63 3/4 X 44 7/8 IN. PROVENANCE Opera Gallery, Paris Acquired from the latter by the current owner EXHIBITON Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sport in Art, November 10-December 9, 2007; Guangzhou, Art Museum of Guangzhou Art Academy, December 22-January 20, 2008; Nanjing, RCM The Museum of Modern Art, February 23-March 23, 2008; Shenyang, Gallery of Luxun Art Academy, April 12-May 11, 2008; Chongqing, Sichuan Fine Arts Museum, May 24-June 22, 2008; Beijing, Today Art Museum, July 26-August 26, 2008, reproduced on p. 69 of the exhibition catalog. This work is registered in the Robert Combas Archives A certificate from Opera Gallery will be given to the buyer. FULL TITLE BLACK OR WHITE, YELLOW OR RED: LEAN IN TRANCE BUT MUSCULAR. ENDURANCE, EXALTED, THE RUNNERS SUFFER IN CADENCE TO THE SOUND OF THEIR BREATH ALONE, ALMOST IN SILENCE. THEY COUNT THE NUMBER OF STEPS, THEY SCAN THEIR SHADOW LIKE A COMPANION CLINGING TO THEIR SNEAKERS, LIKE A DARK DOUBLE THAT NEVER LEAVES THEM.

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ROBERT COMBAS (b. 1957) LE RELAIS, 2007 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated lower right Countersigned and dated on reverse Acrylic on canvas; signed and dated lower right; signed and dated on the reverse 162 X 114 CM - 63 3/4 X 44 7/8 IN. PROVENANCE Opera Gallery, Paris Acquired from the latter by the current owner EXHIBITON Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sport in Art, November 10-December 9, 2007; Guangzhou, Art Museum of Guangzhou Art Academy, December 22-January 20, 2008; Nanjing, RCM The Museum of Modern Art, February 23-March 23, 2008; Shenyang, Gallery of Luxun Art Academy, April 12-May 11, 2008; Chongqing, Sichuan Fine Arts Museum, May 24-June 22, 2008; Beijing, Today Art Museum, July 26-August 26, 2008, reproduced on p. 69 of the exhibition catalog. This work is registered in the Robert Combas Archives A certificate from Opera Gallery will be given to the buyer. FULL TITLE BLACK OR WHITE, YELLOW OR RED: LEAN IN TRANCE BUT MUSCULAR. ENDURANCE, EXALTED, THE RUNNERS SUFFER IN CADENCE TO THE SOUND OF THEIR BREATH ALONE, ALMOST IN SILENCE. THEY COUNT THE NUMBER OF STEPS, THEY SCAN THEIR SHADOW LIKE A COMPANION CLINGING TO THEIR SNEAKERS, LIKE A DARK DOUBLE THAT NEVER LEAVES THEM.

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