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Lot 72 - Mohamed ATAALLAH known as Romain ATALA (1939-2014) Untitled, circa 1975 Assembly of eight plywood panels cut and painted with acrylic, handwritten artist's name on back. H. 54.5 cm - W. 115 cm - D. 2.5 cm Very minor restoration to a corner. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in Caen in the late 1970s by a relative of the artist, and kept in the same collection ever since. One of the tips is very slightly missing. We would like to thank Mrs. Daniele Atala, wife and successor in title of the artist, for confirming the authenticity of this work. Mohamed ATAALLAH aka Romain ATALA (1939-2014) was born in Ksar El Kebir, Morocco, in 1939. A student of Mariano Bertuchi at the École des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan, he acquired a solid classical grounding before continuing his training in Spain and Rome. Equally passionate about archaeology, he helped found the Moroccan National Association of Fine Arts and began teaching in Casablanca in 1963. Synthesizing different sources of inspiration, he envisioned an infinitely reproducible module inspired by the zellige tradition, adaptable to all forms of chromatic or visual variation. In 1969, he was a very active participant in the Présence plastique movement, exhibiting regularly in Casablanca and Marrakech. Arriving in France in 1972, he became a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Caen, a position he held until 2004. Committed to promoting the arts, he runs several meeting places in Normandy (Atelier de Recherche Esthétique ARE, galerie point 7) and forges close links with artists as varied as Véra Molnar and Bryon Gysin, as well as many South American artists (Cruz-Diez, Demarco and Soto). His work, unique and rare in its rigorous, modular construction, concrete and geometric yet rich in fantasy, constitutes more than a cultural in-between, a remarkable synthesis of tradition and modernity in a most jubilant artistic universalism.

Estim. 30 000 - 50 000 EUR