ROBERT COMBAS (born 1957) LE RELAIS, 2007 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated lower right Signed and dated on the reverse Acrylic on canvas; signed and dated lower right; signed and dated on the reverse 162 X 114 CM - 63 3/4 X 44 7/8 IN. PROVENANCE Opera Gallery, Paris Acquired from the latter by the current owner EXHIBITON Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sport in Art, 10 November-9 December 2007; Guangzhou, Art Museum of Guangzhou Art Academy, 22 December-20 January 2008; Nanjing, RCM The Museum of Modern Art, 23 February-23 March 2008; Shenyang, Gallery of Luxun Art Academy, 12 April-11 May 2008; Chongqing, Sichuan Fine Arts Museum, 24 May-22 June 2008; Beijing, Today Art Museum, 26 July-26 August 2008, reproduced p. 69 of the exhibition catalogue This work is registered in the Archives of Robert Combas A certificate from Opera Gallery will be given to the buyer FULL TITLE BLACK OR WHITE, YELLOW OR RED: LEAN IN TRANCE BUT MUSCULAR. ENDURANCE, EXALTED, THE RUNNERS SUFFER IN CADENCE TO THE SOLE SOUND OF THEIR BREATH, ALMOST IN SILENCE. THEY COUNT THE NUMBER OF STEPS, THEY SCAN THEIR SHADOW LIKE A COMPANION CLINGING TO THEIR TRAINERS, LIKE A DARK DOUBLE THAT NEVER LEAVES THEM.