305 - 1 - Serge CHARCHOUNE (1888–1975)
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Estimate €2,500 - €3,000

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Serge CHARCHOUNE (1888–1975) Beethoven ‘Quasi Sonata of the Moon(?) at the Piano’, 1969 Oil on canvas Signed lower right Inscribed “13 rue de Chatillon 92 Vanves”, signed and titled on the reverse. Dated in pencil on the stretcher 70 x 73 cm – 23 ½ x 28 ¾ in. This work will feature in the catalogue raisonné of Serge Charchoune’s oeuvre, currently in preparation. A letter of inclusion from the Serge Charchoune Committee will be provided to the purchaser. Provenance: Private collection, Paris, 1988. Christie’s Paris, 9 October 2013, lot 171. Prince Shahram Pahlavi Collection, London. In *Beethoven* (1969), Serge Charchoune does not seek to depict the composer, but to convey his energy. The painting becomes a musical equivalent. The forms repeat and intertwine, like musical motifs. The structure is rhythmic: variations, repetitions, tensions. Nothing is descriptive — everything stems from an inner movement. Colour plays the role of tonality: it modulates the space and creates visual harmonies. Any figurative elements, where they remain, are absorbed into this orchestration. Thus, Charchoune does not paint Beethoven, but a musical thought transposed into painting — an inhabited abstraction, almost sonic. Please request the condition reports; they are not included in the catalogue entries. Please contact the gallery for the condition reports.

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305 - 1 - Serge CHARCHOUNE (1888–1975) See original version (French)

305 - 1 - Serge CHARCHOUNE (1888–1975)
See original version (French)