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VITYRA - Mainard - No Reserve
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VITYRA - Mainard - No Reserve

Mainard Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 cm x 140 cm (39 inches x 55 inches) Mainard is a contemporary figurative painting by contemporary artist VITYRA, that turns presence into a kind of voltage: quiet, controlled, and unmistakably charged. Executed in acrylic and oil on canvas at a commanding 100 x 140 cm, the work depicts a powerful male figure in a kneeling pose - part classical, part confrontational. The body is rendered in deep, near-black tonal layers, where anatomy is suggested through restrained highlights and softened contours rather than explicit detail. This reduction makes the figure feel sculptural, as if proven by light rather than described by line. Where a face should be, an intense acid-yellow oval interrupts the realism like a signal flare. It functions as mask, halo, and erasure at once - removing identity while amplifying intimacy. The effect is psychological: the viewer is invited to project, to invent, to wonder who Mainard is, and what exactly is being offered or withheld. The background remains calm and neutral, like a stage of silence that heightens the body’s tension and the painting’s erotic undertow. The title “Mainard” reads like a name remembered rather than introduced - personal, private, slightly foreign. It gives the work narrative gravity without explaining it, leaving the piece suspended between portrait and archetype: dominance and vulnerability, invitation and distance, exposure and control. This original painting by VITYRA is hand-signed on the reverse side to preserve the purity of the artwork’s surface and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The artwork will be shipped rolled in a secure, protective tube - an eco-friendly and safe method that reduces shipping costs and risk of damage. The canvas measures 100 x 140 cm (39 x 55 inches), with an extr

No. 100245072

Sold
VITYRA - Mainard - No Reserve

VITYRA - Mainard - No Reserve

Mainard
Oil and acrylic on canvas
100 cm x 140 cm (39 inches x 55 inches)

Mainard is a contemporary figurative painting by contemporary artist VITYRA, that turns presence into a kind of voltage: quiet, controlled, and unmistakably charged.

Executed in acrylic and oil on canvas at a commanding 100 x 140 cm, the work depicts a powerful male figure in a kneeling pose - part classical, part confrontational. The body is rendered in deep, near-black tonal layers, where anatomy is suggested through restrained highlights and softened contours rather than explicit detail. This reduction makes the figure feel sculptural, as if proven by light rather than described by line.

Where a face should be, an intense acid-yellow oval interrupts the realism like a signal flare. It functions as mask, halo, and erasure at once - removing identity while amplifying intimacy. The effect is psychological: the viewer is invited to project, to invent, to wonder who Mainard is, and what exactly is being offered or withheld. The background remains calm and neutral, like a stage of silence that heightens the body’s tension and the painting’s erotic undertow.

The title “Mainard” reads like a name remembered rather than introduced - personal, private, slightly foreign. It gives the work narrative gravity without explaining it, leaving the piece suspended between portrait and archetype: dominance and vulnerability, invitation and distance, exposure and control.

This original painting by VITYRA is hand-signed on the reverse side to preserve the purity of the artwork’s surface and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The artwork will be shipped rolled in a secure, protective tube - an eco-friendly and safe method that reduces shipping costs and risk of damage. The canvas measures 100 x 140 cm (39 x 55 inches), with an extr

Final bid
€ 245
Catherine Mikolajczak
Expert
Gallery Estimate  € 2,000 - € 2,500

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