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Albert Gleizes
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Albert Gleizes
- Esquisse pour un portrait de Jacques Nayral
- signed Alb Gleizes, dated 14 and inscribed Jacques Nayral, tué à la Bassé, 1914 (lower left)
- watercolour, pastel and gouache on paper
- 42 by 33.5cm., 16 1/4 by 13 1/4 in.
Provenance
Private Collection
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Albert Gleizes, Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings, 1956, no. 45
New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Albert Gleizes, 1881-1953, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1964, no. 97
London, Tate Gallery, The Essential Cubism, 1907 - 1920, 1983, no. 226, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Albert Gleizes, 1881-1953, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1964, no. 97
London, Tate Gallery, The Essential Cubism, 1907 - 1920, 1983, no. 226, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Anne Varichon, Albert Gleizes, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1998, vol. I, no. 582, not illustrated
Condition
Executed on buff paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge and floating in the mount. There are a few small restorations to the sheet, the most apparent of which is to the upper part of the right edge where a loss has been in-filled. There are a number of small nicks to the extreme edges of the sheet. There are three pinholes to the lower left quadrant and a few tiny spots of foxing in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The present work is a sketch for the portrait of Jacques Nayral of 1911 in the Tate Modern, London. A pseudonym for Joseph Houot, Jacques Nayral was a modernist poet, dramatist and publisher, a close friend of Albert Gleizes with whom he shared an interest and deep understanding of the theories of simultaneity championed by Henri Bergson. Nayral married Gleizes' sister Mireille in 1912.