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Fernando de Szyszlo (b. 1925)
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Fernando de Szyszlo
- Camino a Mendieta V
- signed lower right; also titled on the reverse
- acrylic on canvas
- 62 1/4 by 79 1/4 in.
- 158.1 by 200.7 cm
- Painted in 1978.
Provenance
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 21, 1989, lot 133, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Ohio
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Prints, November 22, 1993, lot 72, illustrated in color
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Ohio
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Prints, November 22, 1993, lot 72, illustrated in color
Private Collection, New York
Exhibited
Madrid, Instituto de Cultura Hispánica en el Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Arte Actual de Iberoamerica, May 15-September 15, 1977
Literature
Mario Vargas Llosa, Fernando de Szyszlo, Bogotá, 1991, p. 109, illustrated in color
Condition
This large canvas is still stretched on its original stretcher. There is a small unevenness to the canvas in the upper center near the top edge. The painting has probably never been interfered with or restored. The soft gloss seems to be original. There is a visible layer of dust over much of the surface, a scuff to the paint layer in the center left, and some small milky drips in the lower left. A small amount of
maintenance would present the work nicely. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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.
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
"In the spiritual formation of a painter like myself, there is the craziest, most outrageous dream in which I can image a painting I am not capable of producing. That is why I have always said that the painting is the assassination of a dream. One kills the sensation when one paints it. The work of an artist is the sum total of these failures, but there is also an incessant attitude to continue. Each painting is a step ladder that leads us to The Painting.”
-Fernando de Szyszlo
“Reflections with De Szyszlo: An Interview by Ana María Escallón,” Fernando De Szyszlo, Bogotá: Ediciones Alfred Wild, 1991, p. 34