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Nafir BoabaRomanian abstract still life painting by Nafir Boaba
Mare
1986
1986
$1,301.50
£950
€1,113.20
CA$1,798.84
A$1,912.53
CHF 1,034.24
MX$22,750.17
NOK 12,955.33
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Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929)
Mare
Oil on canvas
Signed, inscribed and dated ’BOABA NAFIR 86 MARE’ (lower right)
15 x 24 in. (38 x 61 cm.)
Provenance: From the estate of the artist
Nafir Boaba’s Mare is a lyrical and abstract still life, executed in oil on canvas in 1986. Signed, inscribed, and dated in the lower right “BOABA NAFIR 86 MARE,” the painting measures 15 x 24 inches (38 x 61 cm). The composition is structured around horizontal areas of red, light blues, and white, creating a layered, atmospheric background across which small, abstracted objects are delicately placed. These simplified forms evoke a tabletop arrangement while remaining intentionally ambiguous, allowing colour and rhythm to take precedence over literal representation.
Born in Reșița, Romania, in 1929, Boaba went into political exile in 1950 and settled in Paris, where he painted continuously until 2006. Over his prolific career, he produced hundreds of paintings, ceramics, and lithographs, and exhibited in approximately sixty exhibitions across Europe and Canada. From 1986 onward, he lived and worked in Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye in the Isère region of France, where the Nafir gallery and workshop continue to preserve his extensive body of work.
Boaba’s style is distinctly modern while remaining deeply rooted in naïve and outsider traditions. His use of bold, unmodulated colour, flattened perspectives, and playful abstraction conveys emotion with immediacy and clarity. Mare, from the artist’s estate, exemplifies his ability to transform the still-life genre into a poetic exploration of colour, balance, and form.
- Creator:Nafir Boaba (1929, Romanian)
- Creation Year:1986
- Dimensions:Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Condition:In good condition, not relined. Possible surface dirt. Recently presented in a hand finished gilt composite frame with lime effects and further hand painted wood slip.
- Gallery Location:Petworth, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU540317510992
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