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Michel Kikoïne
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
- Michel Kikoïne
- Auto-portrait
- Signed Kikoine (lower right)
- Oil on canvas
- 39 3/8 by 25 5/8 in.
- 100 by 65.1 cm
- Painted circa 1925-27.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, L'Ecole de Paris, November, 2000 - March 2001
Literature
Jean Cassou, Kikoïne, Lausanne, 1973, illustrated p.68-69 and no. 194, p. 263
Condition
The work is in good condition. The canvas is not lined. Some craquelure throughout. Several horizontal creases which are presumably a result of the canvas being rolled at one time. UNDER UV; a few spots fluoresce though difficult to tell with artist's brushstrokes and pallette. One at center on figure's scarf, the other to the left of the figure's face.
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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
This work, one of several self-portraits from this era in Kikoine's career, shows the stylistic influence of his lifetime colleague Chaim Soutine. The two artists met in Minsk, about 1905; Kikoine had recently moved to Minsk from Vitebsk with his family, while Soutine came from a small village near Minsk. Together they moved to Vilnius before settling in Paris (Kikoine in 1912, Soutine in 1913).