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264 - Vase with flowers. Signed. Pancho Cossío (Francisco Gutiérre…
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Estimate €1,200 - €2,000
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Vase with flowers. Signed. Pancho Cossío (Francisco Gutiérrez Cossío). Spanish School. 20th century Watercolour on paper. Dimensions 39 x 29 cm. A composition of marked lyrical sensibility, centred on a white vase from which various flowers emerge, rendered using a style characterised by formal synthesis and great gestural freedom. The different plant species are arranged with balanced asymmetry, alternating patches of ochre, reddish, bluish and greyish hues that create a delicate visual rhythm against a light-toned background. The brushwork, spontaneous and vibrant, combines the transparencies characteristic of watercolour with linear strokes of a distinctly calligraphic nature and small areas of white that lend luminosity and dynamism to the surface. The economy of means, the balance between figuration and abstraction, and the refined chromatic harmony reveal remarkable technical skill and an intense expressive capacity—characteristic features of Pancho Cossío’s mature work, in which nature is reinterpreted through a poetic and essential language. The work forms part of the renewal of 20th-century Spanish painting, linked to post-impressionist movements and a modern sensibility that prioritises chromatic emotion, the simplification of forms, and the evocative power of the pictorial gesture.
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About the sale GRAND JULY AUCTION | OLD MASTERS, HAUTE ÉPOQUE & FINE JEWELLERY
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Auction time 07/28/2026 at 4:00 PM
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