Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962) Plunging view on... Lot 75

Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962) Plunging view on Marrakech Oil on canvas Monogrammed, dated, located lower right (19)19 65 x 54 cm Painted in the first months of his installation in Marrakech, this oil painting expresses the the wonder of the painter in front of Marrakech, which he will make his residence. His vision is precise, his drawing almost cubist, his composition frontal and binary. He places in opposition the horizontality of the Atlas and the verticality of the minaret of Koutoubia; the pink of the clay of the walls of the medina contrasts with the green of the central garden and the glazed tiles. The use of pure touches of color applied by jerky brushstrokes the light and allows the painter to work a cameo of emblematic roses. cameo of roses emblematic of the red city. From a considerable height, his point of view is most likely point of view is most likely the tower of the palace, recently restored and now the the site of the Secret Garden, then occupied by al-Hajj Muhammad Loukrissi, already head of the corporation of watchmakers in Marrakech, and chamberlain to Sultan Moulay 'Abd al-Hafiz. A true architectural testimony, this composition is rare in the work of Majorelle. Provenance : Gros & Delettrez sale, December 7, 2013, n°207 Sale Gros & Delettrez, Drouot, 12-06-1992. Bibliography: F. MARCILHAC, The life and work of Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962), ACR Edition, Paris, 1995, reproduced page 54. F. and A. MARCILHAC, Jacques Majorelle, ed. Norma, Paris, 2017, reproduced p. 232, #52, circa 1919."