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Moïse KISLING (Krakow 1891 - Sanary sur Mer 1953)
La Seyne, …
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Moïse KISLING (Krakow 1891 - Sanary sur Mer 1953)
La Seyne, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Moïse KISLING (Krakow 1891 - Sanary sur Mer 1953)
La Seyne, the harbour and the War Memorial
Completed in 1935
Oil on canvas
38 x 55 cm
Dedicated, signed, located and dated lower right "à Paul Debraux, amical souvenir Kisling de Seyne 1935".
On the back of the stretcher, the old label with the number 35
On the back of the canvas, the number 6 in blue chalk
This work will be included in "Volume IV and Additives to Tomes I, II and III" of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Moïse Kisling currently being prepared by Marc Ottavi.
A certificate from Mr Marc Ottavi dated 26 February 2026 will be given to the buyer.
Provenance :
Paul Debraux
Thérèse Rosalie Dreyfus Gompel
Then by descent to her grandson, Gilles Dreyfus, Monaco
The Monument aux Morts de la guerre de 1914-1918 was built at Forges et Chantiers under the direction of M. Rimbaud and inaugurated on 11 November 1924.
In 1943-1944, the German army of occupation ordered part of the monument to be demolished, as the statue above the plinth prevented the anti-aircraft batteries installed nearby from manoeuvring normally.
Moise Kisling is one of the most emblematic Polish painters, draughtsmen and engravers of the École de Paris. He was born in Krakow in 1891. His father intended him to study engineering, but Kisling left school to study at the Krakow School of Fine Arts with Josef Pankiewicz. He arrived in Paris in 1910 and frequented the artists of Montparnasse, including Picasso, Braque, Derain, Juan Gris and Modigliani. The art dealer Adolphe Basler supported him from 1912. He travelled to Céret and Belgium. He enlisted in the Foreign Legion during the First World War. He was seriously wounded and obtained French nationality. The pioneers of the École de Paris met in his studio in Paris. After the war, the painter began travelling to Spain and Provence. He met with success. In 1935, Kisling left for Holland and found himself on the German death list for his anti-Nazi activities. He took refuge in France at his property in Sanary and then in the United States, in New York. He returned to Paris after the war. He died in Sanary in 1953.
Kisling took an active part in the artistic life of his time. He exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants. He was selected for the Venice Biennials of 1921 and 1932. In 1941, he exhibited at the Whitney Museum in New York. His first solo exhibition took place in 1919 at the Galerie Druet in Paris. He exhibited regularly in Paris and abroad: Munich (1927), Marseille (1940), Los Angeles (1942). His works are held in museums such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and the Chimei Museum in Taiwan.
E.V
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