Untitled, 1963 Witco Mountain stream in 4 parts

Mountain stream in 4 parts dated May 21 1960s mixed media on board 18 x 24

The symbolism of the form and composition of Tsonga headrests remains a point of debate

The figure wears a caplike helmet with spikes

This seated figure was one half of a male-female couple placed in a tomb to accompany the deceased in the afterlife

Untitled, 1963 Witco Mountain stream in 4 partsUntitled, 1963 by Pierre Chouaniere Oil on canvas, 60 in. H Pierre A. Chouaniere (19272011) Pierre A. Chouaniere was an accomplished abstract expressionist painter whose work was deeply rooted in lived experience and shaped by a lifetime of movement, observation, and cultural exchange. Born in Brest, Brittany, France, he joined the French Resistance at the age of sixteen during the Second World War. After the war, he studied at the coles des Beaux