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Constantin ANDRÉOU (1917 - 2007) Female music, 1973 Work in gilded brass Signed Height : 160 cm Width : 70 cm Depth : 70 cm Unique piece Provenance : Private collection of the artist While the title reflects the artist's interest in the female figure, the form is more evocative of the artist's work on issues of form and space. The artist multiplies planes and points of view. The work can be admired in three dimensions. He breaks away from solid volumes, allowing the viewer's eye to explore the inner complexity of the forms, as he did in his Columns series. The three smooth vertical masses form an armature, a cocoon, within which a core of taut wires, spheres and curves is revealed. Strict lines oppose and complement gentle curves. The work exalts the poetry, lyricism and sensuality so characteristic of the artist's work.

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Constantin ANDRÉOU (1917 - 2007) Female music, 1973 Work in gilded brass Signed Height : 160 cm Width : 70 cm Depth : 70 cm Unique piece Provenance : Private collection of the artist While the title reflects the artist's interest in the female figure, the form is more evocative of the artist's work on issues of form and space. The artist multiplies planes and points of view. The work can be admired in three dimensions. He breaks away from solid volumes, allowing the viewer's eye to explore the inner complexity of the forms, as he did in his Columns series. The three smooth vertical masses form an armature, a cocoon, within which a core of taut wires, spheres and curves is revealed. Strict lines oppose and complement gentle curves. The work exalts the poetry, lyricism and sensuality so characteristic of the artist's work.

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