Medhi Qotbi (1951) - Composition Abstraite en bleu - Peintre Marocain (vendu sans prix de réserve)
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Mehdi Qotbi (1951), Composition Abstraite en bleu, a limited edition offset print, signed by hand, 65.5 × 49.8 cm, Morocco, dating from the 1960s, in good condition.
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We now present to you this very beautiful original engraving by the artist Mehdi QOTBI (1951), contemporary Franco-Moroccan painter.
Title: Composition in Blue.
Artist: Mehdi QOTBI (1951).
Technique: original lithograph
Signed in pencil at the bottom right.
Artist’s proof.
Format: 65 cm x 49.8 cm.
Condition: Good.
Mehdi QOTBI
Born in 1951 in Rabat, Morocco
Contemporary Franco-Moroccan painter
President of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco since 2011
Biography:
Modest childhood in Rabat, Takaddoum neighborhood. Studied at Lalla Aicha school.
At 12, he entered the Kenitra military high school. He discovers a passion for drawing by sketching a tiger on a wall.
1967-1968 – School of Fine Arts of Rabat. Determining encounter with Jilali Gharbaoui, a pioneer of abstraction in Morocco.
1969 – Leaves Morocco for France. Enrolls at the Fine Arts School of Toulouse.
1972 – Graduates from the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, the youngest graduate in France at the time.
1972-1974 – National School of Fine Arts of Paris.
1973 to 2007 – Teaches visual arts (Auxerre, La Rochefoucauld high school Paris 7th) while continuing his artistic career.
His art:
Abstract painting marked by calligraphy, dancing writing, and signs. Influences include Monet, Paul Klee, Pollock. Collaborations with writers: Senghor, Michel Butor, Nathalie Sarraute, Octavio Paz.
Works housed in museums: Centre Pompidou, Paris; City of Paris Museum; Menil Collection, Houston; museums in Morocco.
2024-2025 – Grand retrospective "A Life, a Work" at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris."}
Seller's Story
Founded in 2010 in the heart of the Drouot District in Paris by Julien Chaudet, Galerie Le Chevalet Bleu presents a selection of paintings, drawings and lithographs from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as antique Chinese porcelains.
Translated by Google TranslateWe now present to you this very beautiful original engraving by the artist Mehdi QOTBI (1951), contemporary Franco-Moroccan painter.
Title: Composition in Blue.
Artist: Mehdi QOTBI (1951).
Technique: original lithograph
Signed in pencil at the bottom right.
Artist’s proof.
Format: 65 cm x 49.8 cm.
Condition: Good.
Mehdi QOTBI
Born in 1951 in Rabat, Morocco
Contemporary Franco-Moroccan painter
President of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco since 2011
Biography:
Modest childhood in Rabat, Takaddoum neighborhood. Studied at Lalla Aicha school.
At 12, he entered the Kenitra military high school. He discovers a passion for drawing by sketching a tiger on a wall.
1967-1968 – School of Fine Arts of Rabat. Determining encounter with Jilali Gharbaoui, a pioneer of abstraction in Morocco.
1969 – Leaves Morocco for France. Enrolls at the Fine Arts School of Toulouse.
1972 – Graduates from the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, the youngest graduate in France at the time.
1972-1974 – National School of Fine Arts of Paris.
1973 to 2007 – Teaches visual arts (Auxerre, La Rochefoucauld high school Paris 7th) while continuing his artistic career.
His art:
Abstract painting marked by calligraphy, dancing writing, and signs. Influences include Monet, Paul Klee, Pollock. Collaborations with writers: Senghor, Michel Butor, Nathalie Sarraute, Octavio Paz.
Works housed in museums: Centre Pompidou, Paris; City of Paris Museum; Menil Collection, Houston; museums in Morocco.
2024-2025 – Grand retrospective "A Life, a Work" at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris."}
Seller's Story
Founded in 2010 in the heart of the Drouot District in Paris by Julien Chaudet, Galerie Le Chevalet Bleu presents a selection of paintings, drawings and lithographs from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as antique Chinese porcelains.
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Edition
Limited edition
Artist
Medhi Qotbi (1951)
Title of artwork
Composition Abstraite en bleu - Peintre Marocain (vendu sans prix de réserve)
Technique
Offset print
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Morocco
Condition
Good condition
Height
65.5 cm
Width
49.8 cm
Style
Abstract
Sold with frame
No
Period
1960-1970
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