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British Postwar Pasmore, Victor
Punto di contatto 1.
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382
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British Postwar Pasmore, Victor
Punto di contatto 1.
See original version (German)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
British Postwar
Pasmore, Victor
Punto di contatto 1. 1982. Etching and aquatint on Fabriano handmade paper. 39 x 61.7 cm (50.5 x 71.7 cm). - Signed, dated and numbered. With the blind-stamped edition mark 2RC. A magnificent print conveying painterly qualities, with a wide margin.
Doppio sogno nell’arte. 2RC tra artista e artefice, 262. – Lynton, G18. - This print derives its art-historical impact from a dual tension: it stands simultaneously within the long European tradition of lyrical abstractionism, whilst pointing far beyond it towards an almost East Asian philosophy of imagery, in which the sign is more important than what it signifies. Pasmore himself had posited that a picture should be regarded as an ‘independent object of its own kind’ and not as a representation of the world – and this sheet is an exemplary fulfilment of this programme: The three formal elements (point, line, plane) draw on the basic vocabulary of the Bauhaus doctrine without presenting it in a didactic manner. Instead, they are presented with a lightness that is more reminiscent of Zen calligraphy than of constructivist systematics – a bridge that Pasmore increasingly sought to build after his move to Malta in 1966. The light and colours of the Mediterranean gave rise in his paintings and prints to a shift away from the constructivist rigour of his middle period (the relief-like wall panels and the geometricallyright-angled abstractions of the 1950s to the early 1960s) and opened them up to free-flowing biomorphic forms, spontaneously applied patches of colour and a quasi-calligraphic lightness.
Etching and aquatint on Fabriano handmade paper. Signed, dated and numbered. – A magnificent print that conveys painterly qualities, with a wide margin. Lynton, G18. – Doppio sogno nell’arte. 2RC tra artista e artefice, 262. - This print derives its art-historical significance from a dual tension: it stands simultaneously within the long European tradition of lyrical abstraction whilst pointing far beyond it towards an almost East Asian philosophy of imagery, in which the sign is more important than what it signifies. Pasmore himself had posited that a painting should be regarded as an ‘independent object of its own kind’ and not as a representation of the world—and this work is an exemplary fulfilment of that programme: the three formal elements (point, line, plane) draw on the basic vocabulary of Bauhaus theory without presenting it didactically. Instead, they are arranged with a lightness more reminiscent of Zen calligraphy than of constructivist systematics—a bridge that Pasmore increasingly and consciously built following his move to Malta in 1966. The light and colours of the Mediterranean dissolved the constructivist rigour of his middle period (the relief-like wall panels, the geometric, right-angled abstractions of the 1950s through to the early 1960s) in his paintings and drawings, opening them up to free-flowing biomorphic forms, spontaneously applied patches of colour, and a quasi-calligraphic lightness.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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