2023-12-25 10:15:00
Nadia Ouiddar December 25, 2023 at 11:15
The new edition of a “Moroccan Winter, Majorelle & his Contemporaries and Moroccan & African Spirit» will notably highlight women through the works of John LaveryRudolf Ernst, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Chéri Samba or Seydou Keïta as well as female artists like Esther Mahlangu or Marion Boehm, whose approach questions the place of women in society. Women will be in the spotlight in the chapter “Majorelle & her Contemporaries”, accompanied by four works by Jacques Majorelle.
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Rudolf Ernst’s oil on canvas “The Melody” (700,000 – 900,000 DH) thus represents a sumptuous interior with two musicians. The almost photographic precision with which Rudolf Ernst paints the jewels and shimmering dresses of the two women reflects the artist’s fascination with the Orient.
In the oil on canvas “Jasmin, Fez” by John Lavery (600,000 –800,000 DH), the woman is mysterious, with eyes highlighted with black kohl which contrasts with the pale pink of her ceremonial dress. José Cruz-Herrera also adopts the portrait format in his oil on canvas “The two friends, Fez» (600,000 – 800,000 DH) which represents two young women as if taken from life. Throughout his career, the artist multiplied representations of Moroccan women, whose beauty fascinated him. This ode to beauty takes on a political tone in the work of Mahmoud Mokhtar through the bronze “Au Bord du Nile” (800,000 – 1,200,000 DH). The sculpture represents a fellaha – emblem of the Egyptian revolutionary movement – adjusting her veil and thus revealing her beauty. The second part “Moroccan & African Spirit” of the December 30 sale will also present images of women, figures of power questioning the history and inequalities of society.
Marion Boehm, through her work “Lotus shoes” (100,000 – 150,000 DH), examines the relationships between African, Asian and Western cultures from the past to the present and questions the history of these cultures. Her mixed media collages with traditional African masks, beads, shells and fabrics showcase the beauty, loyalty and positive energy of African women. This work will be accompanied by acrylic and glitter on canvas by Chéri Samba “The risk of the profession», estimated between 400,000 and 600,000 DH. Very present in Congolese popular art and in the work of Chéri Samba, the seductive mermaid associated with the aquatic divinity Mami Wata represents the spirits of water. She symbolizes the desire for wealth and promises success to the men she meets.
In Esther Mahlangu’s acrylic on canvas “Untitled – 2010” (40,000 – 60,000 DH), the feminine is associated with the representation of political resistance. The artist is, in fact, the representative of Ndebele women’s art, a symbol of resistance in South Africa at the time of racial segregation. Finally, in the portrait of this Khassonké woman by Seydou Keïta (300,000 – 500,000 DH), the richness of the attributes and the position of the model underline the social importance of this powerful woman.
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