Ibrahim El-Salahi (Sudan, Born 1930) Untitled (Standing Figure)
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1960-01-01 | The figures gazed serenely into hollow emptiness, completely absorbed, looking at and through me, as if trying to remind me, through their weird, perfect silence, of what I had failed to see' - Ibrahim El Salahi Provenance: Property from a private collection, London Acquired in Paris by the present owner's aunt, circa late 1960's
1990-01-01 | Property from a private collection, London Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner's aunt, circa 1990 Note: The authenticity of the present work has been confirmed by the artist and the present work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity 'In the 1960's I adopted a radically different style, a sort of free, spontaneous painting dependent mainly on line and very simple forms
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- They featured formations of ghostly human shapes against dark backgrounds and a limited colour scheme involving a kind of dry earth touch
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