Lot 3261 - A211 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 29. November 2024, 05.00 PM
KURT SELIGMANN
(Basel 1900–1961 New York City)
Nocturne. 1950.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right: Seligmann.
71.5 × 94.6 cm.
Provenance:
- With The Mayor Gallery, London (label verso).
- Private collection, Switzerland, acquired on 21.6.1994 from the above gallery at Art Basel, thence by descent.
“My entire childhood was impregnated by the ancient ideal of the Soldier of Fortune which since the 15th century has left an indelible mark on Basel. The heraldic ensigns, the armor, the halyards, the drapery, the ribbons, all this anachronistic attire was very much alive for me. It seems to me that I always hear, in the depth of my ears, the deafening sound of the enormous drums that are reserved for Carnival Day. Basel, you see, is still and always Holbein, Erasmus, Frobeinus, Melanchton. It is in the culture of my natal city to which my subconscious always travels whenever I begin one of my compositions, whether abstract or imaginative” (Henri Héraut, ‘Artistes d'aujourd'hui: Kurt Seligmann, peintre d'avant-garde’ in Sud, no. 126, Marseille, 15 April1935).
CHF 50 000 / 80 000 | (€ 51 550 / 82 470)