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WALTON FORD | Calvaire
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description
- Walton Ford
- Calvaire
- signed with the artist's initials and titled
- watercolor, gouache, graphite and ink on paper
- 59 3/4 by 41 7/8 in. 151.8 by 106.4 cm.
- Executed in 2012.
Provenance
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012
Exhibited
New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Walton Ford Watercolors, May - June 2014
Literature
Claire Howorth, "Artist Walton Ford on His Wildlife Paintings," Wall Street Journal Weekend, 1 May 2014, pp. 108-109, illustrated in color
Bill Buford, Benedikt Taschen and Nina Weiner, Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra, Cologne 2015, p. 269, illustrated in color
Bill Buford, Benedikt Taschen and Nina Weiner, Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra, Cologne 2015, p. 269, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged verso intermittently along the edges to the mat, and the edges of the sheet are deckled. There are artist pinholes along the edges. There are very soft undulations to the sheet, most noticeable along the top and bottom edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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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
"Artists like Bosch and Bruegel leave plenty of room for mystery. I’m trying to make those kinds of paintings. If I take a visual language like that and I’m super inspired by natural history art as well and then I apply it to a place like California—there are all of these possibilities that weren’t there before for anyone else. So I might paint like a 19th century natural history guy, but I have an opportunity to tell a story that they could never tell." Walton Ford