Jacques MONORY (1924-2018) - Lot 189

Jacques MONORY (1924-2018) Fuite n°4, 1980 Acrylic and Plexiglas on canvas, signed, titled, dated and referenced 622 on the back Framed with Plexiglas rods H. 150 cm - L. 230 cm Bibliography : Pierre Tilman, Monory, Paris, Éditions Frédéric Loeb, 1992, our painting reproduced on page 131 and described under no. 622 in the Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, page 295 Les fuites consists of seven variations of the same format, all combining Plexiglas and paint. Commenting on this series, Pierre Tilman writes: "The theme of pursuit recurs like a novelistic leitmotif and underlies underpins all of Jacques Monory's painting. More than a mere fictional effect, it is the very impulse of the narrative". Ibid., page 132 Small missing frame lower left, minor soiling and slight restoration