Auction on
13 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) -
Salle 14 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Even in his figurative period, the Informal artist Jean Fautrier brought out the light in objects, which glimmers on the surface of thick, grainy materials.
Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), Nature morte à la carafe et aux pommes (Still life with jug and apples), 1939, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 73 x 92 cm. Estimate: €100,000/150,000
Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), Nature morte à la carafe et aux pommes (Still life with jug and apples), 1939, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 73 x 92 cm. Estimate: €100,000/150,000
Red, green and yellow on white. Four apples are placed on a tablecloth barely covering a table. The perspective is reversed; the objects are positioned, while the surfaces supporting them are upright. The jug forms a vertical axis, its bluish contours outlined with a few brushstrokes to indicate the…
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