Mohamed Melehi (Morocco, 1936-2020) Untitled II... Lot 26

Mohamed Melehi (Morocco, 1936-2020) Untitled II silkscreen on paper signed, dated and numbered '50/50', number 50 from an edition of 50, executed in 2008 80 x 60cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8in). Footnotes: Provenance: Property from a private collection, Paris 'Sprayed in lacquer on wood panels, the motifs are geometrical and hard-edged: stripes, chevrons, crescents, disks and rippling bands all arranged in masses with Cubist disjunctions...the Berber art that has been Melehi's main source of inspiration...virtually unknown in the United States, are distinctly African in character and very beautiful. Melehi is a witty and highly intelligent man, totally absorbed in Moroccan culture, which has been affected by all the major Mediterranean civilizations including Carthage, Crete and Egypt.' - The New York Times, 1984 'The wave meant music and movement. It is communication in space, it represents continuity, the sky, a women's sensuality, water ,and pulsating rhythm. Yet it is calm' - Melehi 'Hard-edge painting made me rediscover the abstraction inherent in Islamic art... Moroccan art was always hard edge' - Melehi For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com