Bidspirit auction | Manny Blanc (American, 1914-1984) Faded

Manny Blanc (American, 1914-1984) Faded Beauty, 1952, Oil on Canvas Board - Manny Blanc (American, 1914-1984) Faded Beauty, 1952, oil on canvas board, signed and dated Manny Blanc 1952 lower right; signed, dated and titled again on the reverse. Painted in 1952. Canvas board measures 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 60.9 cm). Provenance: Formerly Amy Perlin Antiques, Inc., New York. sold through Christie's, New York, Catalogue Note Manny Blanc (1914-1984) was an American painter whose boldly expressive portraits reveal the influence of European Expressionism and Post-Impressionism. Characterized by emphatic black outlines, rich colour, and psychologically charged figures, Blanc developed a distinctive visual language that drew inspiration from artists such as Georges Rouault while remaining uniquely his own.