Lot 95: Ferruh Basaga (Turkish, b. 1914)

Ferruh Basaga (Turkish, b. 1914)
Abstract Composition
signed 'BASAGA 03' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'FERRUH BASAGA " Yesil Sapis"' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
58¾ x 39in. (149 x 99cm.)
Painted in 2003

Working first in a constructivist style, in the 1970s Basaga developed a geometric abstract style, with intersecting triangles dividing his compositions into facets. These works were undoubtedly influenced by his work in stained glass and mosaics, which he produced simultaneously.