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FRANCOISE GILOT (1921-2023)

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<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "<em>Maison Naïve</em>" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution. </font></div>
Maison Naïve19858 1/8 x 10 in.(20.64 x 25.4 cm) oil on canvas
Provenance
Riggs Galleries, La Jolla, California, no. M1150
Private Collection, acquired from the above, 1989
Bonhams New York: Wednesday, May 18, 2022, lot 19
Private Collection, acquired from the above sale
 

55,000

After leaving Picasso in 1953, Françoise Gilot set out to redefine herself and build an independent career. Never a one-dimensional artist, she moved through various styles, absorbed the lessons of Léger and Matisse, and by the 1980s, had become emboldened by colorful harmonies and an organic interplay of shapes that suggests an affinity with Friedensreich Hundertwasser's aesthetic. "Maison Naïve" celebrates Gilot's use of bold, organic shapes and vibrant, fluid colors that echo Hundertwasser's vision of architecture as an extension of nature, blending structure with an undulating, harmonious environment that reflects her creative evolution.
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