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ANTIQUE #SA581433

The Wedding Reception, Bride And Groom - Oil On Panel Panel By Renowned Naive Primitive Artist, 1962

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Skippings Fine Arts

One of a kind and brimming with brio and imagination, this oil on masonite panel depicts a wedding reception cocktail party, with bride and groom in the foreground. Painted by noted naive/primitive artist and muse Elsa Henriquez, it would be ideal of someone interested in outsider art - or having recently tied the knot.
 
Born in Argentina to the Peruvian dancer Helba Huara, Elsa arrived in Paris with her mother in 1932. She became a model for the painter Balthus in 1933, and married the photographer Emile Savitry in 1940.
 
As an artists, she notably illustrated the works of the writer and surrealist artist Jacques Prévert, who dedicated one of his poems to her. She exhibited extensively, and her pictures were shown at the acclaimed ''Primitives'' exhibition at the Galerie Charpentier in Paris in 1976.
 
Paintings by Elsa Henriques figure in the Museum of Tel Aviv and in Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris. Measuring 39.5 x 52 cm, our oil on panel is signed and dated 1962 ...
Antique SA581433 shown on this page was made in 1960. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1960
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Skippings Fine Arts
Modern French & Continental Pictures selected by a former French auction house expert
Norfolk
United Kingdom
Tel: 0747 257 2398
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD