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Ann ABEILLE (20th century) - Referenced painter. "Eastern Market Scene" - Original oil on canvas. A beautiful and luminous composition by the travelling artist-painter Ann Abeille, depicting a veiled market woman seated behind her colorful stall at the market. The work stands out for its generous materialist treatment, with beautiful impasto effects with a knife or brush that give remarkable relief to the spice pyramids (ochre, red and violet pigments) arranged in the foreground. The artist deploys a modern figurative style and a particularly warm chromatic palette. The vivid contrasts between the bright colors of the stalls and the sobriety of the back wall beautifully highlight the central figure, wearing her traditional saffron-yellow veil. The work is signed very legibly "Ann Abeille" at the bottom right. It is ideally enhanced by a classic-era gilded wooden frame with a black mat, which perfectly underscores the painting’s luminous intensity and contrasts. Description: • Artist: Ann ABEILLE (20th century) • Technique: Oil with strong impasto • Support: Canvas • Dimensions of the painting alone: 27 x 41 cm • Signature: Signed "Ann Abeille" at the bottom right • Period: Second half of the 20th century • Theme: Orientalism / Genre scene / Traditional market / Travel • Condition: Very good overall condition of the pictorial layer. The gilded wooden frame presents an elegant patina of wear (the artwork is sold as is with its frame). Careful and tracked shipment.
Estimate:$224.08
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Estimate:
$224.08
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