Marcel Couderc (1898-1991) - Les larmes du clown

- Oil on board. Original canvas. Signed and dated.

- This colorful print, perfumed by the aesthetic liberality of the mid-20th century vanguards and the decorative spirit of the École de Paris, unfolds before us as a visual elegy on the tragic condition of being. Under the artifice of its mask, where white and carmine feign a happiness that is extinct, the clown with a disjointed mien appears in a kind of spiritual coming of age; thus, its grotesque appearance is transformed, revealing a gesture of expressionist angst and incomprehension that tears apart the comedy to lay bare the wound of existence.

- Image dimensions without frame: 44 x 82 cm / 48 x 86 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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