La gare inondée (The Flooded Station)
ArtistMaria Helena Vieira da Silva
Year1956
CatalogueGW and J-FJ 1407
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions113.4 cm × 146 cm (44.6 in × 57 in)
LocationPrivate collection

La gare inondée (The Flooded Station) is an oil on canvas painting by the Portuguese-French artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva that she executed in 1956. It was to be auctioned at Christie's, London, on 13 February 2014, when it was expected to fetch between £350,000 and £450,000, but was withdrawn.[1]

Description

Detail showing da Silva's dense mesh of lines and marks.

The painting is typical of Vieira da Silva's 1950s work that define her oeuvre and which paralleled the development of abstract expressionism in the United States at the same time. However Vieira da Silva's work differs from that movement in her treatment of space. She sought to free herself from the constraint of linear perspective, achieving in her mature work a sense of space with a dense mesh of lines and marks set against a background of flecks of color varying in intensity of tone.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sale 1510 Lot 45". Christie's. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Your paintings". Art UK.

Bibliography

  • G. Weelen and J.-F. Jaeger, Vieira da Silva Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva 1994, no. 1407 (illustrated, p. 279).
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