Le visage de la femme
« Le visage de la femme » is an original painting by Mura, made in acrylic on canvas. A unique piece, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
A face occupies the centre of the canvas, frontal, suspended in a space saturated with colour. The features are sketched with deliberate economy: two closed eyelids, a dark line crossing the nose, a red mouth placed like a full stop. Around this figure, concentric arcs — close to a broken rainbow — structure the upper part, while scattered floral touches spill over the edges of the pictorial field.
The composition rests on an unstable balance between a central axis and peripheral dispersion. The face acts as an anchor, a calm, almost hieratic mass, while the surrounding elements introduce a diffuse movement, a lateral vibration. The space remains frontal, without constructed depth, yet animated by the gaze as it oscillates between the stillness of the face and the proliferation of coloured forms.
Light is not represented; it is absorbed by the matter. It circulates in the contrasts: between the soft flat areas of the face — pinkish, yellow, almost powdery — and the denser, saturated zones where the pigments thicken and overlap. The colours, frank and sometimes dissonant, converse without hierarchy: blue, green, orange, pink. They do not describe; they act.
The pictorial matter is visible, assumed. The brushstrokes remain apparent, sometimes broad, sometimes almost accidental. Drips cross the face, like traces left by the gesture rather than by intention. The surface is never smooth: it keeps the memory of passage, pressure, speed.
The handling is direct: the only portrait in the series, it was painted before the colour was spread around it, worked in successive layers, without seeking finish. Gesture prevails over precision, leaving room for a kind of controlled spontaneity.
This face does not seek to represent an individual, but a sensation. Between mask and portrait, it sits in an undecided zone where identity dissolves into colour. The closed eyes suggest inwardness, an absence from the world, while the chromatic overflow evokes a contained agitation.
What remains is a lasting impression: that of a silent figure, traversed, as if the painting itself went on speaking in its place.
About the work
- Unique piece by Mura, unsigned — recognisable by its handling
- Acrylic on canvas, a portrait painted first, then surrounded by colour
- Canvas on wooden stretcher — 40 × 30 × 1.5 cm
- Sold unframed: framing is left to the collector's choice
- Artist's certificate of authenticity included
- The original canvas exists in a single copy; its motif is also carried onto a Mura T-shirt, printed on demand
Price available on request
Subject
Artwork
Unique piece
Certificate of authenticity included
Technique: Acrylic on canvas
Support: Canvas mounted on a stretcher frame
Size: 40 × 30 × 1.5 cm
Each work carries its own variations.
The original canvas exists as a single piece. Its motif is also available on a T-shirt, printed on demand.
Waiting time is not a delay.
It is care.
The artwork is inspected, protected, then prepared for departure.
It arrives as it was conceived: intact.
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