Ljuba Popović Painter · 1934—2016
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L’Ange de la perversité

The Angel of the Wickedness, or the Awakening of Small Boxes

Date
1967–1968
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
190 × 250 cm
Period
Cosmic, 1968 — 1971
Collection
CNAC / FNAC–CNAP, France

His first monumental canvas, acquired by the CNAC out of the Salon de Mai — the French State collection.

The estate’s catalogue raisonné is the authority on titles, dimensions and authenticity — see ljuba.fr.

Cosmic · 1968 — 1971

The scale changes and so does the light. Bodies come apart into clouds of luminous particles suspended in deep space. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the acknowledged provocation behind Divination (1968–69); the CNAC bought the first monumental canvas out of the Salon de Mai.

Also from this period