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Guy Nicod
Abstract Figurative Composition with Flowers and Yellow Ground French Gouache

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About the Item

Title: Abstract Figurative Composition with Flowers and Yellow Ground French Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 18 x 21.75 inches (height x width) Provenance: Artists estate, France Condition: good; bright, unfaded colour; minor handling marks and faint age toning to paper edges; overall clean and stable. Description: This expressive abstract figurative gouache by Guy Nicod demonstrates the artist’s dynamic blend of cubist construction and surrealist imagination. Set against a glowing golden-yellow background, the composition reveals the fragmented outline of a reclining or seated figure, intertwined with floral motifs in rich shades of crimson, violet, and deep brown. The form appears both human and symbolic—part portrait, part dreamscape—where petals, limbs, and gestures merge into a unified rhythm of colour and motion. Nicod’s use of gouache on paper allows for luminous layering, with transparent washes overlapping opaque blocks of pigment. The palette combines earthy reds, blues, and greens with accents of rose and ochre, producing a composition that feels both spontaneous and meticulously balanced. The faintly outlined question mark within the figure’s head suggests introspection and psychological depth, a recurring theme in Nicod’s more surreal works. As with much of his post-war French modernist output, this painting sits at the intersection of abstract symbolism and human emotion, evoking comparisons to the expressive surrealism of Miró or the organic cubism of Picasso’s later period. Collectors of French mid-century abstraction, figurative surrealism, or colourful modern gouache works will find this piece both visually engaging and intellectually rich.
  • Creator:
    Guy Nicod (1923 - 2021, French)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 21.75 in (55.25 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Cirencester, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU509317050182

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