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Wassily Kandinsky
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Ohne Titel (Untitled)
- signed with the artist's monogram and dated 40 (lower left)
- gouache on blue paper
- 63 by 20cm., 24 3/4 by 7 7/8 in.
Provenance
Sale: Finarte, Milan, 12th April 1973, lot 55
Rossana Podestà, Rome (acquired in the early 1970s, probably from the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Rossana Podestà, Rome (acquired in the early 1970s, probably from the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie L'Esquisse, Etapes de l'œuvre de Wassily Kandinsky, 1944
Literature
Vivian Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, Catalogue raisonné 1922-1944, London, 1994, vol. II, no. 1296, illustrated p. 492
Condition
Executed on blue wove paper, laid down onto the artist's mount. The sheet is very slightly time-stained, but the colours remain bright. There is an extremely fine, barely visible, scratch to the upper right quadrant which is away from the composition itself. Overall this work is in very good condition.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Rossana Podestà, the first known owner of this work, was one of the famed and beautiful 'Pink Neorealist' Italian actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. The glamorous Rossana is perhaps most famous for having acted as Nausicaa in the 1954 film Ulysses alongside Kirk Douglas, having been chosen over both Liz Taylor and Ava Gardner for the role. The work has remained in the family's collection for over forty years.