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Avigdor Stematsky
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Avigdor Stematsky
- Still Life
signed Stemazky and signed in Hebrew (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 23 1/2 by 29 in.
- 59.7 by 73.7 cm.
- Painted circa 1958.
Provenance
Private Collection, Chicago
Sale: Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, May 3, 2000, lot 122
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Sale: Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, May 3, 2000, lot 122
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Condition
This work is not relined. The surface is in very good condition. No retouching is apparent when viewed under ultra violet light.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Avigdor Stematsky was born in Odessa and emigrated to Israel in 1922. There he was a founder of the New Horizons Group and participated in the first New Horizons exhibition in Tel Aviv in 1949. In 1993 he was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. This work belongs to Stematsky's works of the fifties, which Yona Fischer describes as "...the years of Stematsky's crystallization as a mature artist... starting from the mid fifties, paintings in which the representation of identifiable elements (such as figures and buildings) is integrated with abstract patches of color (such as squares and triangles), so that together they may build a flattened image" (Yona Fishcer (ed.), Avigdor Stematsky, Stematsky and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1993, p. 84).