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Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov
- The Pond at Jupille
- signed in Latin and inscribed Ju l.r., further numbered 89 and indistinctly stamped on the reverse
- oil on panel
- 19 by 26cm, 7 1/2 by 10 1/4 in.
- Executed circa 1907-1913
Provenance
Rasquinet Collection, Liège
Private collection, Belgium
Paris, Drouot Richelieu, Etude Picard, Tableaux - sculptures des XIXe et XXe siècles, 15 December 1994, lot 159
Private collection, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, Belgium
Paris, Drouot Richelieu, Etude Picard, Tableaux - sculptures des XIXe et XXe siècles, 15 December 1994, lot 159
Private collection, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Liège, Association pour l'encouragement des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d’œuvres d’art anciennes et modernes provenant des collections liégeoises, 1910, no.392, La Mare
Condition
The panel is sound. The corners are slightly worn. There are minor frame abrasions along all four edges with indentations in the paint layer in places. Remnants of gold leaf from a frame are visible at the bottom edge. There is a strip of yellowed varnish along the top edge of the panel. Inspection under UV light reveals an area of retouching to the left of the signature in the pond in the foreground. Held in an attractive gilt frame with plaster mouldings. Unexamined out of frame.
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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. 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
Just as David Hockney would find inspiration in the cultivated and clouded fields of East Yorkshire, Pokhitonov throughout his life found beauty and colour in the undramatic landscape around Jupille. Here, an overcast autumnal day, and yet the trees are observed meticulously in the final stage of losing their leaves. The Jupille washerwomen we find in other works by the artist are absent, but even so the viewer is aware of traces of rural industry in the orchard, gates and walls beyond. During his stay at Yasnaya Polyana prior to his return to Belgium in 1906, Pokhitonov no doubt absorbed some of the high regard which his friend Leo Tolstoy placed on agriculture and sensitive cultivation of the land: ‘One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken’ (L.Tolstoy).
The present lot will be included in the third volume of the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Olivier Bertrand.