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Avigdor Stematsky
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Avigdor Stematsky
- Painting
signed Stematsky and dated 60 (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 32 by 23 5/8 in.
- 81 by 60 cm.
- Painted in 1960.
Exhibited
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Avigdor Stematsky - A Retrospective Exhibition, 1993, no. 40, illustrated in color in the exhibition catalogue
Condition
Original canvas. Spots of paint loss on the lower green rectangle as well as craquelure mainly on the white rectangles (by top left corner and center right side). Overall this work is in very good condition. Colors are fresh. No retouching is apparent when viewed under ultra violet light.
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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
Yona Fischer refers to this painting while seeking to explain the abstraction Stematsky was striving to realize during this period and notes that, as opposed to the artist's earlier works, no allusion to reality remains here. "Painting (no. 40), is static - or at least stabilizes the tension between its forms in a static structure; the verticality of this structure appears to stem from the figure and portrait paintings that Stematsky painted in the forties."