Marcus de Vestele (1941-2024) - Composition Cobra

Marcus de Vestele (1941-2024) The Window Ink and wash on paper, 1970s Signature: Unsigned on the front Stamp of the studio on the back: “Marcus de Vestele – Atelier de l’artiste” Dimensions: 39.5 × 35.5 cm Sold unframed Condition: Good general studio condition. Cream paper, a few light age traces consistent with a work from the 1970s coming directly from the artist’s studio. Clean recto. Provenance: Artist’s Studio of Marcus de Vestele. Description: Composition Cobra by Marcus de Vestele, 1970s. An open frame, almost a window, occupies the left side of the sheet: black line, gray wash, interior left white. On the right, a dense black ink mass invades the space — branches, feathers, arms, nothing is cut. The gesture is swift, overlapped, with the white of the paper peeking through like lights. A small black form, isolated in the frame’s emptiness, links the two zones. The tension is clear: on one side architecture, on the other explosion. Primitive figuration and gestural abstraction stand together, with no color other than black and gray. Theatrical quality, typically Cobra. A characteristic piece from Marcus de Vestele’s paper production in the 1970s, coming directly from the artist’s studio. Biography: Marcus de Vestele (1941-2024) is a Belgian artist best known as a marble sculptor (notably in Carrara and with Bardiglio marble). Alongside his sculptural practice, he developed throughout his life a substantial body of painting, long kept confidential and today sought after by collectors. Strongly influenced by the Cobra movement (Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Corneille, Constant), he retained primitive figuration, spontaneous line, and the tension between figure and abstraction. His paper works from the 1970s combine the rigor of the sculptor with a free gestural quality. Issued directly from the studio, this production constitutes an essential facet of his oeuvre.

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