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27 - NIKOS HADJIKYRIAKOS-GHIKA (1906–1994)
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€10,000 - 15,000Sale fees
NIKOS HADJIKYRIAKOS-GHIKA (1906–1994) Roman landscape signed and dated “Ghika 70” (lower right) signed, dated, and titled (on the reverse) gouache on paper 30.5 x 50 cm. Painted in 1970 gouache on paper 12.01 × 19.69 in. Footnotes: The rhythmically developed and spatially distorted depictions of Byzantine towns—often used as backdrops in icon painting—are pushed here to a relentless extreme, transformed by Ghika into a dense web of fragmented lines, sharp angles, and spiraling curves. Having captured the cityscape’s deeper geometric structure, the artist breaks it down into its component parts and then recomposes it to create an expressionistic interpretation of a labyrinthine architectural complex imbued with poetic feeling. Narrow streets, ancient ruins, and crooked stone walls spin in perpetual orbits, swept up in the mesmerizing whirlpool of a cosmic dance, evoking a kaleidoscopic dreamscape that borders on metaphysical abstraction. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Items subject to the artist’s resale royalty, payable by the buyer. For further information on this lot, please visit Bonhams.com
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