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Alexandra Exter, Renewing Tradition

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 29 October 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio - 56001 Vannes

Dated to about 1912, this large painting from a private collection reveals the influence of Paris modernism on a Russian avant-garde artist.

Alexandra Exter (1882-1949), Ville pavoisée (Flag-Bedecked City), c. 1912, oil on... Alexandra Exter, Renewing Tradition

Alexandra Exter (1882-1949), Ville pavoisée (Flag-Bedecked City), c. 1912, oil on burlap, signed, 88.5 x 59.5 cm/34.84 x 23.42 in.
Estimate: €100,000/150,000

The title, Ville pavoisée (Flag-Bedecked City), the profusion of shapes and colors and the French flags along a tree-lined street recall works by some of the greatest Impressionist and Fauve artists. In 1878, Claude Monet painted Rue de Montorgueil…
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Tableaux, mobilier et objets d'art, tableaux modernes
Saturday 29 October 2022 - 14:00 (CEST)
8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio - 56001 Vannes
Jack-Philippe Ruellan