Jean Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) - Lot 502

Lot n° 502
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Jean Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) - Lot 502
Jean Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Femme nue de dos or The Nude Oil on isorel panel Signed lower right 40 x 31 cm For Jean-Gabriel Domergue, the female nude is never innocent: it is stylized, constructed, almost worldly. Heir to an academic tradition that he hijacks, Domergue elongates silhouettes, refines faces, accentuates lines until he creates an idealized woman, recognizable among all. His nudes are not about intimacy, but an aesthetic of seduction. The body is smooth, elegant, often theatrically arranged, bathed in a soft light that erases all roughness. More than a real model, it's a type he paints: the Parisian woman, free, sophisticated, already close to the advertising image. The nude thus becomes an extension of his worldly work. He sought neither anatomical truth nor inner turmoil, but a perfect, decorative, immediately legible form - a beauty designed to be seen. Appraiser: Cabinet Maréchaux info@cabinetmarechaux.com + 33 1 44 42 90 10 Please ask for condition reports: they are not included in the descriptions. If you succeed in getting a lot(s), please note that your lot(s) will go to Drouot's Packing (magasinage) the morning after the sale. Expert : Cabinet Maréchaux info@cabinetmarechaux.com + 33 1 44 42 90 10
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