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The canvas is mounted on a protective fabric backing but not lined. There are four minor tears (approx. 4cm) at the extreme upper and lower edges. Apart from a 5 cm line of retouching running vertically toward the centre of the left edge, this work is in good condition.
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signed 'Music' and dated '1987' (lower right), acrylic on canvas. Painted in 1987.

"J'expliquais alors à mes clients que cet artiste allait être apprécié lentement mais que son œuvre durerait plus longtemps que bien d'autres [...] Pour moi, ces tableaux 'Nous ne sommes pas les derniers' sont parmi les plus importants du XXe siècle; par eux il est possible de comprendre ces actes monstrueux, car comme chez Goya, chaque œuvre explique l'incroyable."
Patti Cadby Birch, mars 1995, cité in Le Temps des Ténèbres, Zoran Music : "Nous ne sommes pas les derniers" (catalogue d'exposition) Musée des Beaux-🎶Arts, Caen, 1995, p. 17

I used to explain to my clients that this was an artist who would not be immediately appreciated but t🌳hat his work would last longer than many others [...] For me, these paintings 'We are not the last' are among the most important of the 20th Century; through tꦿhem it is possible to understand these monstrous acts, because as with Goya, each work explains the inexplainable.

Patti Cadby Birch, March 1995 (Cited in Le Temps des Ténèbres, Zoran Music : "Nous ne sommes pas les derniers" (exhibition catalogue) Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cae🌱n, 1995, 💜p. 17)