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SOOKY MANIQUANT(1934-2012) MID CENTURY ABSTRACT

Original Sooky Maniquant (1934-2012)Mid Century 1967 Abstract. Signed and dated by the artist lower right. Her original work is extremely hard to find. Sooky Maniquantÿwas born in 1934 in Vietnam and raised in the SouthÿPacific. She studied art in Paris and Madrid, then traveled extensively, inÿorder to deepen her knowledge of Oceanian, European, African and Asianÿcivilizations. Ultimately, she chose to spend most of her life in Luberon,ÿin the South of France, where she felt closer to what she called "the living forces of nature". Her art has always been closely associated with poetry. Maniquant first met William Meredith in Paris and Avignon when William was invited to participate in the Avignon festival. In the piece "After William Meredith," the Meredith poems are presented in both his original English and a French translation, juxtaposing the text with images rendered by Sooky Maniquant. "After William Meredith" places artwork and poems side by side, allowing the viewer to experience Meredith's work from two different perspectives: Meredith's verses and Maniquant's striking visual interpretations: She illustrated great French poets like Tristan Tzara and Ren‚ Char, and Japanese authors of Haiku, among others. She died on January 28th 2012, in Paris. Measures 17x14x1. Wt. 1 pd 8 oz. PROVENANCE: The Estate of a Litchfield Connecticut Antique & Art Dealer.