Lot 30

Christie’s, 18 Oct 2016, Dubai, UAE. Modern & Contemporary Art, Lot 49 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

This work is in excellent condition. There are pinpoints of dark spots on the upper right corner and lower right only visible upon closer inspection. There is a white paint hairline of ten centimetres long on the top middle section that could be part of the work. The cardboard on the back of the work shows signs of humidity on the left side; however, the work is unaffected by it.

Colour:
The catalogue illustration is fairly accurate; the tonality of the blue in the background is slightly darker and more prominent in the original work. The tonality of the other colours is more subtle in the original work.

Labibeh (Bibi) Zogbé was born in the coastal village of Sahel Alma. She emigrated to Argentina aged 16 and, following a failed marriage, dedicated herself to a life focused on art in Buenos Aires. She studied under the Bulgarian painter Klin Dimitrof in the 1930s, holding her first solo show in 1934 at ‘Galerías Witcomb’, to great acclaim, with...