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Ida Karskaya (1905–1990) Untitled Ink and charcoal, signed l…
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226
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Ida Karskaya (1905–1990) Untitled Ink and charcoal, signed l…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
Ida Karskaya (1905–1990) Untitled Ink and charcoal, signed lower left 11 x 10.5 cm Condition report: Framed “Abstract painting? Non-figurative? Expressionist? It is all of these at once, and even a little ‘figurative’… Karskaya belongs to no group, no school. She strove to break free from any affinities she might have had with Soutine in her early days, and with Michaux and Dubuffet later on, in order to find her own true voice. The result is these challenging, jarring, sometimes chaotic canvases, yet beautiful in their poignant intensity...”
Geneviève Bonnefoi, Lettres Nouvelles no. 17, July 1954
Ida Karskaya, an artist of Russian origin who spent time in Ghent before settling in Paris, occupies a position on the fringes of the Second School of Paris and Informel art. Employing a wide range of techniques – collages, torn paper, oil, gouache, recycled materials, reliefs, tapestry – her works reveal a distinct, intuitive and poetic sensibility. Born in 1905, she travelled the length and breadth of Europe, lived through both World Wars, travelled to Mexico in the 1960s… and never ceased to develop her art: ‘I know what I stand for: freedom in art… Art, first and foremost, is total freedom.” An artist and a woman of great character, it is high time she was given a place on the walls of collectors’ galleries and museums.
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