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AMÉDÉE OZENFANT | Nature morte aux carafes, aux pichets et à la guitare
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Amédée Ozenfant
- Nature morte aux carafes, aux pichets et à la guitare
- signed Ozenfant (lower right)
- gouache on paper
- 56.5 by 42cm., 22 1/4 by 16 1/2 in.
- Executed in 1921.
Provenance
Sale: Yves de Cogny, Paris, 22nd June 1990, lot 111
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Pierre Guénégan, Amédée Ozenfant 1886-1966, Catalogue raisonné des œuvres sur papier, Paris, 2016, no. 1921/OP-005, illustrated p. 226
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount on the verso on all four edges. There are scattered small spots of foxing to the sheet, predominantly visible in the pink pigment at the centre of the composition. There are further faint spots of discolouration to the pigments on the right side of the composition which relate to the former presence of mould, which was subsequently removed. There are three further spots of disturbance to the darker pigments of the upper background which do not appear to relate to any condition issue but is possibly the result of the removal of droplets of another pigment at the time of execution or shortly afterwards. This work is in overall 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
‘Ozenfant’s themed-objects, arranged in subtle and complex relationships within a shallow space, are seen from a variety of viewpoints. This ‘simultaneity of vision’ is suggestive of the sense of tactile familiarity and phenomenal constancy which one experiences with respect to things one handles in daily life’
(Iain Boyd White, Modernism and the Spirit of the City, Oxford, 2003, p. 154).
(Iain Boyd White, Modernism and the Spirit of the City, Oxford, 2003, p. 154).