Calling all collectors of Street Art, graffiti art, and neo-expressionist art: discover "Vanité d’Avignon", an original, provocative, and unique work by French artist SKEPA.

Created in 2021, this large vertical canvas (100 x 81 cm) offers a major aesthetic shock by fusing one of the most famous compositions in art history (Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon) with urban culture and the classic theme of vanitas. A raw and captivating masterpiece, ideal for giving a museum dimension and strong personality to your collection.

Artwork Analysis: A Cubist and Macabre Reinterpretation

The canvas stands out for its graphic tension and its voluptuous, sculptural volumes:

The Deconstructed Subject: SKEPA reinterprets the famous brothel scene from Avignon Street in Barcelona by replacing the faces of the naked female figures with stylized skulls of primitive and geometric design. This treatment transforms the group portrait into a modern allegory of mortality (a vanitas).

Generous and Graphic Forms: The bodies feature cubist lines and voluptuous forms strongly accentuated by heavy black outlines. The disproportionate hands and feet in the foreground emphasize the theatricality of the pose.

Organic Chromatic Palette: The artist uses earth tones, yellow ochre, and beige for the bodies, contrasting sharply with the brick-red geometric planes on the left and the turquoise blue and green nuances on the right.

Street Art Elements: At the bottom of the painting, a small white minimalist skull-shaped tag graphically signs the space, while two of the skulls wear a small simplistic red crown, a nod to street iconography.

Signature: The canvas is signed and dated in red paint at the bottom left: SKEPA 21.

Guarantee & Authenticity

The acquisition of this major work is fully guaranteed and secure:

The canvas is sold with its official Certificate of Authenticity which attests that the work is an original by the artist and a unique piece.

The document mentions the exact title (Vanité d’Avignon), the author (SKEPA), the technique (Mixed media), the gallery format (100x81 cm) as well as the year of creation (2021).

The certificate was issued in Orléans (France) on 04/25/2021 and bears the artist's emblematic tagged signature: "SKEPA".

Specifications

Artist: SKEPA

Artwork Title: Vanité d’Avignon

Year of Creation: 2021

Technique: Mixed media (Acrylic, spray paint, marker)

Medium: Painting on canvas stretched on a wooden frame

Format / Dimensions: 100 x 81 cm (Standard large vertical format)

Condition: Perfect state of preservation, perfectly stretched canvas, quality protective varnish.

💡 The Gallerist's Style Tip

"Vanité d’Avignon" is a work with extraordinary physicality. Thanks to its generous dimensions (1 meter high), it will magnificently occupy the space. It will be ideal suspended on a large, minimalist wall in a contemporary living room or an industrial loft. To make the pictorial material and the ochre and blue contrasts vibrate, lighting is essential: a ceiling spotlight will give striking relief to the cubist forms and highlight the "urban mural" aspect of the canvas. Pair it with minimalist black or raw wood furniture to let it take center stage."