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76 - Joaquim Baptista Antunes (Portuguese, born 1953)
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Estimate €100 - €300
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Description
Joaquim Baptista Antunes (Portuguese, born 1953) "A besta", 1992 Acrylic on cardboard. Signed, countersigned and dated on the reverse. Height 51, width 33 cm. Moulded and varnished frame with a cornice measuring 62 x 47 cm. Provenance: the collection of Laurent Danchin (1946–2017), writer, essayist and art critic, passed down through the family. Born into a farming family in rural Portugal, Antunes began drawing in the early 1980s following a stay in New York, where he discovered Chagall and Picasso. Spotted by the poet Mário Cesariny, he moved to France in 1987, where the gallery owner Cérès Franco brought his work to public attention.
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About the sale LAURENT DANCHIN COLLECTION: ART BRUT AND OUTSIDER ART
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Auction time 11/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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