拍品 199
- 199
WILLEM DE KOONING | Untitled
估價
500,000 - 700,000 USD
招標截止
描述
- 威廉·德庫寧
- Untitled
- pastel, gouache and charcoal on board
- 15 by 20 in. 38.1 by 50.8 cm.
- Executed circa 1942.
來源
Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998
Private Collection, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling to the edges, with associated smudge marks most noticeable along the left and right edges, possibly from the time of execution. In the upper left corner, the raw board is visible. There is one pinhole in the upper left area of the yellow section. There are two very small accretions in the lower third of the work. The colors are bright and fresh. Framed under Plexiglas.
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.
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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.
拍品資料及來源
"In 1940, with Paris sealed off from the world by the German army...American artists faced a crisis: what to do, where to go, even how to begin, were put into question...A tradition of Western art seemed to have ended, and with the disappearance of its imperatives there also came a sense of joyful release. The whole past suddenly was available, open to radical reinterpretation and re-use. Mondrian and Bonnard seemed more relevant that Picasso or Braque. Courbet, Monet, Seurat, Pissarro appeared as new artists. Almost anything could seem new: a study of myths and the unconscious, a revival of monumental scale, geometry, anarchy, even art for Art's sake." Thomas B. Hess in Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Willem de Kooning, 1968, pp. 44-45