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Guy NicodAbstract Still Life with Books Papers and Apples French Modernist Gouache
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About the Item
Title: Abstract Still Life with Books Papers and Apples French Modernist Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 27.75 x 19.5 inches (height x width)
Provenance: Artists estate, France
Condition: Good overall. Some edge wear and paper aging at the top consistent with handling and age, including small tears and surface wear. there are various staples and staple holes in the piece.
Description:
This expressive and richly structured gouache by Guy Nicod presents a captivating abstract still life centred around a collection of open books, folded papers, and apples, arranged across a tilted shelving structure. Painted in Nicod’s characteristic modernist style, the composition blends domestic familiarity with bold, angular abstraction, creating a scene that feels both intimate and architecturally dynamic.
Soft greys, blues, and ochres form the base of the palette, punctuated by vibrant flashes of orange and red from the apples. These fruit forms provide warm focal points amid the cooler, paper-like shapes, grounding the composition and offering a rhythmic balance between organic curves and geometric planes. The open books, with their visible page divisions and textured surfaces, introduce themes of reading, study, and intellectual life, while the layered papers suggest letters, notes, or documents scattered across a desk or bookshelf.
Nicod’s use of gouache adds a velvety opacity to the surface, allowing him to build up translucent and opaque layers that mimic the soft folds of paper and the reflective surfaces of book pages. The vertical shelving motif introduces depth and perspective, echoing studio interiors and domestic workspaces.
This piece will appeal to collectors interested in modernist book-themed art, abstract still lifes, intellectual interiors, study or library decor, and expressive mid-century compositions. Unframed and ready for bespoke presentation, it stands as a powerful example of Nicod’s ability to elevate everyday objects through abstraction, colour harmony, and compositional tension.
- Creator:Guy Nicod (1923 - 2021, French)
- Dimensions:Height: 27.75 in (70.49 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317276092
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