Robert Combas, La Rousse Or "madame Barjavel", 1985

LA ROUSSE - 1985 Acrylic on sheet mounted on canvas. Signed and dated vertically lower center "Combas, 1985". Provenance: Collection Christine Lechanjour (acquired directly from the artist). Exhibitions: Lyon, Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), "Robert Combas - Greatest Hits", February-July 2012, reproduced in color p. 113 Bibliography: B. Marcadé, "Combas", Collection Mains et Merveilles, 1991, reproduced in color p. 213. "Madame Barjavel, a businessman's wife, has just turned 35. she is preparing for a costume ball. She has disguised herself as a perverted woman; she has dressed in a purple leather jacket, d a sexy transparent black and gray bustier and a pair of Chinese silk stockings and cowhide pumps. She's been eating strawberries for a month to get the line for her birthday party and to be able to wear his transparent orange prisu nylon briefs to make it less rich". This work is registered in the Archives of the artist.