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281 - Jacques Martinez (born 1944) Virgin Studio Mixed media on ca…
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Estimate €2,500 - €4,000
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Jacques Martinez (born 1944) Virgin Studio Mixed media on canvas Signed, dated and titled on the reverse Label from the Daniel Templon Gallery on the reverse Date of creation: 1984–1985 H120 W120 cm A distinctive figure on the French art scene since the 1970s, Jacques Martinez has developed a body of work that defies strict classification, oscillating between painting, writing, memory and artistic experimentation. Associated with the research of the Nouvelle Peinture française, he gradually established a personal language in which the pictorial surface becomes the site of a reflection on representation, time and the construction of the image. Created between 1984 and 1985, Virgin Studio belongs to a particularly significant period in his career. The work bears witness to that characteristic tension between compositional rigour and freedom of gesture, between appearance and erasure, which constitutes one of the constants of his work. The mixed media technique allows the artist to multiply interventions on the surface, creating a dense pictorial space where material, sign and memory overlap. This subtle layering lends the work a visual depth and a silent presence that are particularly representative of his approach in the mid-1980s. The presence of a label from the Daniel Templon gallery on the reverse links the work to the context of the major artists of the French contemporary scene of that period. Executed in a particularly balanced square format, Virgin Studio aptly illustrates the explorations undertaken by Jacques Martinez at the height of his artistic maturity.
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 2:00 PM
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