Lot 105
  • 105

Otto Pilny

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Otto Pilny
  • Odalisque Dancing in the Desert
  • signed and dated OTTO PILNY 1918 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 120.5cm., 31½ by 47½in.

Provenance

Acquired by the uncle of the present owner in the 1970s

Condition

Original canvas. Apart from a vertical line of retouching in the upper left corner (approx 6cm. in length) only visible under ultraviolet light, small spots of paint loss to the upper centre and upper right corners of the work, the work is in good condition. Held in a decorative gilt, moulded plaster and wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1918, the present work bears testimony to Pilny's loyalty to his favourite subject. Executed in a rich palette capturing the light effects of the setting sun, Odalisque Dancing in the Desert is a particularly virtuoso representation of the recurring theme of the desert slave market in Pilny's oeuvre.