2nd Oct, 2024 14:00

From the Studio: Works from 17 Artists' Estates

 
  Lot 13
 

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MARIE-LOUISE VON MOTESICZKY (AUSTRIAN-BRITISH 1906-1996)

STILL-LIFE WITH FLOWERS AND OIL-LAMP
oil and pastel on canvas
53 x 38cm; 21 x 15in
unframed

Painted in 1990-91.

Literature
Schlenker, no. 311

As Schlenker suggests, the vases of flowers, oil lamp and glimpses of the sun setting through trees combined with a cropped photograph of an unidentified person in the lower right of the canvas lends the present composition a distinct air of mystery. Schlenker notes that Motesiczky frequently incoporated photographs (or her own reflection in a mirror) in her compositions, thereby infusing them with a more personal touch and a further layer of meaning (Schlenker, p. 482).

Sold for £700


 

STILL-LIFE WITH FLOWERS AND OIL-LAMP
oil and pastel on canvas
53 x 38cm; 21 x 15in
unframed

Painted in 1990-91.

Literature
Schlenker, no. 311

As Schlenker suggests, the vases of flowers, oil lamp and glimpses of the sun setting through trees combined with a cropped photograph of an unidentified person in the lower right of the canvas lends the present composition a distinct air of mystery. Schlenker notes that Motesiczky frequently incoporated photographs (or her own reflection in a mirror) in her compositions, thereby infusing them with a more personal touch and a further layer of meaning (Schlenker, p. 482).

Auction: From the Studio: Works from 17 Artists' Estates, 2nd Oct, 2024

This one-of-a-kind auction focuses on the redisovery of 20th century artists, many of whom exhibited in leading West End galleries in their day, their works featuring in museums and art galleries around the world.  All now deceased, with many having suffered undeserved obscurity since, their inclusion in From the Studio: Works from Artists' Estates puts the spotlight firmly back on them, to reveal a range of extraordinarily talented men and women. 

Most of the artists were admired, promoted and written about by eminent 20th century art critics. Several were Jewish emigres, forced from their homelands to find their way anew in Britain and elsewhere.  Many were close friends with other leading contemporary artists, sharing studios and ideas; some taught, several at the Royal College of Art. Throughout, their efforts both individually and together chart the myriad movements and counter movements that define the dynamic 20th century modernist landscape, ranging from Impressionism to Abstraction. 

 

Viewing Times:

29th Sep 2024 12:00 - 16:00 

30th Sep 2024 10:00 - 20:00 

01st Oct 2024 10:00 - 17:00 

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