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Nicolas Kalmakoff
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Nicolas Kalmakoff
- L'Appel Mystérieux
- signed with artist's monogram and dated 1924 (lower right); variously labeled, numbered and inscribed for exhibition (on the reverse)
- oil on board
- 24 1/2 by 19 3/4 in.
- 62.5 by 50 cm
Provenance
Carl Laszlo, Basel
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Motte, Nicolas Kalmakoff 1873-1955, February-March 1964
London, Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd., Nicolas Kalmakoff, May 1970
Paris, Musée de la Seita, Kalmakoff, l'Ange de I'Abime et les peintres du Mir Iskousstva, March-May 1986
Literature
Galerie Motte, Nicolas Kalmakoff 1873-1955, Paris, 1964, p. 14, no. 51
Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd., Nicolas Kalmakoff, London, 1970, no. 16
John E. Bowlt and Yulia Balybina, Nicolas Kalmakoff et le labyrinthe de décadence 1873-1955, Moscow, 2008, p. 270, illustrated
Condition
This painting on board is probably un-restored. It has slipped in the frame, causing slight damage along the bottom edge and a couple of scuffs along the top edge. There is also possibly a horizontal scratch to the right of the sun, but this, as well as the vertical line above the sun and beneath the centaur, might be original. The picture should be very lightly cleaned, stabilized and retouched along the bottom edge, varnished and more appropriately installed in its frame.
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com , an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."