SAM SZAFRAN (1934-2019) - Lot 68

SAM SZAFRAN (1934-2019) Grange de la Besnardière Etching on paper Signed lower right and numbered 105/500 lower left 44.5 x 31 cm In his engraving Grange de la Besnardière, Sam Szafran evokes a place full of memories and atmospheres. and atmospheres. With his tight, almost obsessive brushstrokes, he doesn't seek to faithfully barn, but rather to convey its inner depth, the density of silence of silence, the echo of the past. This work expresses an attachment to an intimate space, to a particular light, to the slowness of the gaze. It's an etching of memory, of presence, where architecture becomes a pretext for exploring withdrawal, solitude and suspended time. If there's an organ in the barn depicted by Sam Szafran, it's undoubtedly because for him or for someone close to him, this place was not just a farm, but also a place to live, to retreat a place to live, retreat and create. The organ becomes an unexpected, almost magical element, in a humble space. It can symbolize interiority, the music of silence, or the link between physical space and inner elevation. In Szafran's work, objects are rarely there by chance: they are part of a mental atmosphere, of a world both both real and dreamt. Please ask for condition reports before the sale: they are not included in the listings.