Lot 35
  • 35

Nicolas de Stael

Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nicolas de Stael
  • Fleurs dans un Vase Bleu
  • signed; signed and dated 1953 on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 73 by 54cm.; 28 3/4 by 21 1/4 in.

Provenance

Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York
Ralph Pappenheimer, Cincinnati
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Daniel Varenne, Veyrier
Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Nicolas de Staël, 1955, no. 17
Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center, Modern Art in Evolution 1900-1956, 1956
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Nicolas de Staël, 1963, no. 16, illustrated
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Das Stilleben im 20. Jahrhundert, 1978-1979, no. 99
Geneva, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Staël, Priorité Peinture, 1992, no. 13, illustrated in colour
Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Hommage à Nicolas de Staël, 1992
Tokyo, Tobu Art Museum; Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art; Hiroshima, Art Museum, Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), 1993, no. 29, illustrated in colour

Literature

Knoedler & Co., Eds., Cincinnati Collects, New York 1961, n.p.
Jacques Dubourg & Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Paris 1968, p. 261, no. 576, illustrated
Setsuko Shimura, 'Nicolas de Staël, Adventure in his Art', Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Tokyo 1994, illustrated
Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Neuchâtel 1997, p. 424, no. 588, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although there is slightly less blue throughout and the green is more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is stable and sound craquelure in places throughout the background, flowers and vase. There is a paint loss along the centre right edge. There is a small area of minor paint lifting along the top right of the vase. No restoration is apparent under ultra violet light.
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