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Lot 62
AR

This lot is subject to Artist's Resale right

Yiannis MORALIS

Greek, 1916 -2009

Study of a male nude

pencil on paper

Signed and dated 1936 lower left
53 x 28 cm

Provenance

given by the artist to Vassilis Fotopoulos private collection, Athens

Literature

Yiannis Moralis, edited by Vassilis Fotopoulos, Commercial Bank of Greece Group Of Companies, Athens 1988, p. 338, no 423, illustrated

Exhibited

Estimate

€ 5 500 - 7 000

Notes

Over the course of his career, Moralis was also involved in theatre sets and costume design for the Greek National Theatre and the Greek National Ballet. He also decorated architecture such as the façade of the Athens Hilton, the Metro Station ‘Panepistimiou’ and Athens Central Station.

He had been named Commander of the Royal Order of the Phoenix in 1965 and of the Order of Honour in 1999.

His work can be found in The National Gallery, Greece, The Municipal Gallery, Athens, The Municipal Gallery, Rhodes, The Leventis Gallery, The Averoff Gallery, The Vorres Museum, The Benaki Museum and many other public and private collections.