Le Cirque - The First Generation

Commissioned by the infamous restauranteur, Sirio Maccioni (1932-2020), Cenedella painted Le Cirque: The First Generation (1997). The Oil on Canvas depicts the elegance and spirit of one of the world’s most preeminent restaurants in its original setting. It is a visual feast, a family portrait including more than 100 celebrities and political habitués over the years such as Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Philip Roth, Paul Newman, Tony Randall, Sophia Loren, and Barbara Walters. Mr. Maccioni was so enamored with the finished piece that he displayed it prominently inside the restaurant at the New York Palace Hotel (1997-2002) and inside their most recent location at One Beacon Court on 58th Street (2006-2018).