Acrylic on primed canvas. Signed and dated "11.2. -> 83" on the side in the lower right. Around 238 x 212 cm.
- Robert Combas was a co-founder of the “Figuration Libre” movement, which emerged as a reaction to Conceptual and Minimal Art in the wake of Art Brut and CoBrA. - Combas drew inspiration for his figurative, colorful, vibrant, and grotesque works from Pop Art, but also from pop culture, including graffiti, street art, and comics. - The year it was made, the present painting was the centerpiece of the artist's first solo exhibition in New York at Leo Castelli. - Today, his works from the 1980s are the most sought-after pieces by the artist on the international auction market.
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, October 24, 1996, lot 144 (illustrated in color).