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86 - Jean FAUTRIER (1898–1954).
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Estimate €60,000 - €80,000
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Jean FAUTRIER (1898–1954). Basket of Tulips, 1927. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Inscriptions on the reverse of the canvas and a label by Jean-Paul Ledeur on the stretcher. 73 × 92 cm. (Restorations) Provenance: - Galerie Jeanne Castel, Paris; - Edwige Soder Collection, Paris; - Private collection. Bibliography: - Galansino, 1973, no. 84; - Stalter, 1982, no. 330; - Peyré, 1990, colour ill. p. 82; - Lefort, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, 2023, reproduced and described under no. 315, page 222. “After 1927, Fautrier’s painting evolved from black towards a softer grey. Masses appeared in place of a precise depiction of the subject. Dark nudes emerge from the darkness; their forms seem to come from another reality. Is it the African art he began to study and collect, or the need to turn his back on details in order to focus on the essential? Light, and desire—the expression of which seems unable to do without tragedy. The dark nudes of 1928 remain among the most mysterious works of modern art, so much so that they evoke an experience that speaks no longer of painting but of an intimate and wild relationship with the world. His paintings express the tenderness and violence of bodies, the sensations and feelings in love and how captivating and poignant they can be, whilst simultaneously casting them aside in a single movement of illusion and disillusionment. The work is, quite literally, an open book. “It is rare to experience, when standing before a painting, a sense of presence that so closely echoes this world of ghosts [...]” Marie-Josée Lefort, catalogue raisonné of the painted works, 2023. 1928: Fautrier made his first visit to the island of Port-Cros. In November, on the initiative of Jeanne Castel de Paul Guillaume, a major solo exhibition took place at the Georges Bernheim Gallery, bringing together mainly recent works (1927–1928) as well as a few paintings from 1925 and 1926. As can be seen from the gallery photographs and press reviews, the exhibition consisted mainly of nudes, which were criticised for ‘the most banal academicism’, and still lifes which, although they confirmed the artist’s talent, did not, in the critics’ eyes, reflect a new vision of nature. One change, however, is worth noting, as mentioned by Paul Fierens: this new body of work marks a move away from black—the dominant tone of the previous year—to make way for compositions with ‘lunar luminosity’ where ‘monumental forms… gigantic fruits, materialise in a dreamlike atmosphere, on a day of eclipse’. ’ Konstantina Minou, catalogue raisonné of the painted works, 2023 Upon express request, the lot may be transported free of charge to our warehouse in Buc, or to our Paris premises (for smaller lots). See general terms and conditions of sale.
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About the sale Antique and modern paintings, prints, furniture and works of art from the 16th century to the present day
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Auction time 08/28/2026 at 2:00 PM
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