Philippe Magaudoux, known as Mohlitz (Saint-André-de-Cubzac,... Lot 108
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Philippe Magaudoux, known as Mohlitz (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1941 - Bordeaux, 2019)
La visite au stylite, 2004
Pen and ink signed, titled and dated lower right
27.8 x 20.5 cm
Provenance: Artist's studio, 2019
This drawing is a draft for an unfinished engraving. A more sketched version was presented at our January 2024 Bordeaux sale. The hermits were early Christian hermits who lived at the top of a column without ever coming down, nourished by a few gifts, in order to practice extreme asceticism. Mohlitz treats the subject with his customary irony. His stylite seems like a beatnik who has set up a straw hut at the top of a Corinthian column, complete with small furniture, a painting and a litter of wine. And we'll let the curious observe with a magnifying glass how the holy man rewards the zealous woman who comes to bring him an offering
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