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Christos Lefakis
(Greek, 1906-1968)
Optical dialogue: Conjuncture 200 x 160 cm.

The Greek Sale

26 November 2013, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

£18,000 - £22,000

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Christos Lefakis (Greek, 1906-1968)

Optical dialogue: Conjuncture
signed, titled and dated 'CHRISTOS LEFAKIS OPTICAL DIALOGUE:CONJUNCTURE 1967' (on the reverse)
mixed media on canvas
200 x 160 cm.

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Painted in 1967.

EXHIBITED:
Venice, 34th Biennale, 1968, no. 51/52 (possibly).
Thessaloniki, Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Christos Lefakis, 'Optical Dialogues' 1965-1968, 1984 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).
Athens, National Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Lefakis, October 1989 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue), p. 39.
Thessaloniki, Vellidion Cultural Centre, Lefakis, November 1989.
Thessaloniki, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Dimitria, Christos Lefakis - 100 years since his birth, 4 November 2006 - 31 January 2007 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p.137).

Effectively combining linear and painterly values, as well as lyrical and expressionistic elements, such as the textured surfaces and dripping technique of J. Pollock's action painting, this abstract composition of intersecting circular shapes and successive rectangular forms against a shimmering white background conveys a sense of spirituality and poetic feel, linking the painter with the magnificent Byzantine monuments of his native Macedonia in northern Greece. As noted by I. Manoledaki-Lazaridi who prepared the artist's monograph in 1978, "in Conjecture, the lyrical elements of his art are contained in strictly defined circular and rectangular shapes, while his whole body of work under the general title 'Optical Dialogues' grew out of the artist's efforts to reconcile diverse pictorial elements whose apparent contradiction would lead to a new visual harmony."¹

¹. I. Manoledaki-Lazaridi, Christos Lefakis, the Painter and his Work, Egnatia editions, Thessaloniki 1978, p. 137.

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A Greek icon with depiction of St. Isidor from Chios. Tempera on wooden panel. Second half-19th century. 49 x 35 cm.

Christos Lefakis
(Greek, 1906-1968)
Optical dialogue: Conjuncture 200 x 160 cm.