Hassan EL GLAOUI (Maroc, 1923 - 2018) Lot n° 25

Riders Gouache on paper 49 x 64 cm on view Signed lower right We thank the artist's family for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate may be issued at the purchaser's expense. *** Gouache on paper 49 x 64 cm on view Signed lower right We would like to thank the artist's family for confirming the authenticity of the work. A certificate may be issued at the buyer's expense. Provenance : French private collection, before 1975. "This discreet man is an aristocrat of the ellipse; the colors traced by a light hand convey a limpid look, a timeless vision rendered to the subtleties of the line, to the barely sketched space where horses and men move, not necessarily riders but suggestions for the mind to dream of riders perched on winged horses as in mythology. (...) This painting does not narrate, it does not double reality, it is silence and admiration of this silence established between the artist and the world. But this manner already contained the mastery and freedom illustrated today by the work on movement and color in an unspecified, undated space, because it is eternal." Thus paid tribute to the artist, Tahar Ben Jelloun, in Le Point, June 22, 2018. This excerpt says it all about the magnetic elegance of Hassan El Glaoui's work. Over the course of his life, he produced 537 works, mostly inspired by the movement of the horse. Over the course of his life, his treatment of this recurring theme evolved. The present work is distinguished by a specific palette of soft color highlights on horses in contrasting black and white coats. They stand out against a nuanced background, typical of the artist's early works, whereas later he would choose denser backgrounds in bright colors, against which the white line stands out in contrast. *** "This discreet man is an aristocrat of the ellipse; the colours traced by a light hand convey a limpid gaze, a timeless vision rendered in the subtleties of the line, in the barely sketched space where horses and men move, not necessarily riders but suggestions for the mind to dream of riders perched on winged horses as in mythology. (...) This painting does not narrate, it does not double reality, it is silence and admiration of this silence established between the artist and the world. But this style already contained the mastery and freedom that today's work on movement and colour illustrates in an unspecified, undated space, because it is eternal. Thus paid tribute to the artist, Tahar Ben Jelloun, in Le Point, 22 June 2018. This extract says it all about the magnetic elegance of Hassan El Glaoui's work. Over the course of his life, he produced 537 works, mostly inspired by the movement of the horse. Over the course of his life, his treatment of this recurring theme evolved. The present work is distinguished by a specific palette of soft colour highlights on horses in contrasting black and white coats. They stand out against a shaded background, typical of the artist's early works, whereas later he would choose denser backgrounds in bright colours, against which the white line stands out in contrast.