31 - Nejad Devrim (1923-1995) | Turkish

Nejad Devrim (1923-1995) | Turkish Abstract Composition, 1952 Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed and dated ‘nejad 52’ (lower right); signed and dated again ‘nejad 52’ on the reverse. Dimensions: Artwork: 74 × 57 cm | 29.1 × 22.4 in Provenance: Private Collection, France. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable, with a fine age craquelure in the white and black passages and light surface wear consistent with its age; no losses observed; unframed. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- A mosaic of interlocking planes in lilac, violet, grey-blue, pink and white, locked together by a black contour and lit by small windows of red, orange, turquoise and black: an abstract city, or a stained-glass window seen from inside, in which every shape fits its neighbour like a tile. The year, 1952, is the heart of Nejad Devrim’s Paris decade, when the young Turkish painter, son of Fahrelnissa Zeid, exhibited with the lyrical abstractionists of the École de Paris and built pictures like this one out of the Byzantine mosaics and Islamic tilework he had grown up with. The handling is dry and quick, the planes scraped over a white ground so that the weave shows through, the contours drawn with the brush in one movement. Signed and dated on the front and again on the reverse, the canvas is unlined and unframed, as he left it.