MARIA ELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA (1908-1992) - Lot 77

MARIA ELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA (1908-1992) La vue du boulevard Saint-Jacques,1955 Charcoal and pencil drawing on paper heightened with Indian ink Signed and dated 55 lower right 56 x 48.5 cm BIBLIOGRAPHY Guy Weelen, Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva, Catalogue raisonné compiled by Virginie Duval and Diane Daval Béran , № 1234 p. 244. PROVENANCE Galerie Pierre, Paris BIBLIOGRAPHY : - Guy Weelen, Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva, Catalogue raisonné compiled by Virginie Duval and Diane Daval Béran , № 1234 p. 244. PROVENANCE : - Galerie Pierre, Paris. In 1955, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva was at the peak of her artistic maturity. In La Vue du boulevard Saint-Jacques, a charcoal drawing on paper, she condenses the strengths of her of her work: a tangle of lines, a shattered perspective, a fragmented yet but deeply alive. This drawing captures the essence of a place without illustrating it, but rather rather the sensation of it. During this period, his work evolves towards a constructed abstraction, where the grid becomes a grid of perception. a framework of perception. She doesn't abandon the figure or the real, but dissolves them into a often inspired by the city, its streets and her readings. Her art becomes a space to inhabit rather than to look at, and this drawing is a fine, vibrant trace of this. Expert : Cabinet Maréchaux info@cabinetmarechaux.com + 33 1 44 42 90 10 Please request condition reports prior to sale: they are not included in the data sheets.