DADO, Miodrag DJURIC aka, (1933-2010) - Lot 99

DADO, Miodrag DJURIC aka, (1933-2010) The Rhinoceros, 1959 Watercolor, ink and colored pencil, signed and dated lower right. Small stains on the upper part of the sheet. 48.5 x 63 cm PROVENANCE: D.B.C. [Daniel Bouyjou-Cordier] collection, handwritten on the back with reference number. This stunning collection of Dado's drawings comes from two prestigious collections, mainly that of Daniel Cordier (1920-2020). The gallerist collector was fascinated by the artist from the moment he arrived in Paris from Belgrade in 1956, He marveled at these otherworldly drawings, combining traumatized childhood reminiscence and personal mythology, with no connection to the Parisian scene of the time. Close to Dubuffet and Réquichot on his arrival in France, Dado's work evolved with their company, in a monstrous virtuosity that cultivated like no other the propensity to make the living cohabit with the inanimate, to unearth beauty in horror or horror in beauty. Daniel Cordier wrote of him in the 1964 exhibition catalog that concluded his career as a gallery owner in Paris: "It seems that human misery has taken refuge in his arms, transforming this frail, adolescent-looking man into a colossal prophet of pity and mercy. prophet of pity and horror". This "new humanization" would continue for six decades, not without some and facetious humor, as in our three compositions from 1999.