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Émile Othon Friesz
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Émile Othon Friesz
- La Ciotat - Paysage
- Signed Othon Friesz and dated 07 (lower right)
- Oil on canvas
- 18 1/4 by 14 7/8 in.
- 46 by 38 cm
Provenance
Galerie Armard Drouant, Paris
Private Collection, France
Private Collection, France
Condition
Work is in very good condition. Canvas is not lined, surface retains a rich impasto. A few small surface abrasions at lower right corner and some minor cracking in thickest white pigments near center. Under UV light: nailhead spots of inpainting just above center of left edge and a few pindots along upper right edge. One tiny dot of retouching in center of lower right quadrant, otherwise fine.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The Havrais painter Friesz was one of the last artists to join the Fauve movement. In 1905, he was still painting in an essentially Impressionist manner, and it was only on a trip to Antwerp in 1906 with Georges Braque that Friesz made the dramatic leap towards the Fauve palette and technique that he had so admired during the seminal Salon d'Automne the previous year. John Elderfield states, "In 1906, Braque and Friesz were not even at the stage of colorful subjects... It was only when the pair traveled south, as their colleagues had done before, that their color was fully liberated from the atmospheric and the Impressionist and their Fauve styles were fully established" (John Elderfield, Fauvism and its Affinities, New York, 1976, p). The present work was painted at this pivotal time in the South of France, and the vibrant, saturated coloration of the present work suggests both the enticing colors of Southern France and the revolution taking place in Friesz's painterly style.