Auction on
11 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) -
14, boulevard Eindhoven - 14400 Bayeux
Coming from the Bossuat collection, this painting was produced in around 1922 by Chaïm Soutine in the South of France. An opportunity for the painter to express his torment through nature.
Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), Paysage animé en Provence(Animated Landscape in Provence), c. 1922, oil on canvas, signed, 60 x 73 cm/23.6 x 28.7 in (detail). Estimate: €100,000/200,000
Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), Paysage animé en Provence(Animated Landscape in Provence), c. 1922, oil on canvas, signed, 60 x 73 cm/23.6 x 28.7 in (detail). Estimate: €100,000/200,000
A man leans on a low wall looking at the landscape: a small village with buildings perched on top of a hill, with a few trees dotted around and a benevolent blue sky arching overhead. Could the man be Chaïm Soutine himself? In the spring of 1918, when the war was almost over, the painter left Paris for the south of France at the suggestion of art dealer Léopold Zborowski. He joined other artists in Vence, including Foujita and his close friend Amedeo Modigliani,…
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