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Albert Gleizes
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- Albert Gleizes
- Broadway, danseuse électrique or Sur une chanteuse de music-hall
- signed Alb. Gleizes and dated N.Y. 1917 (lower right)
- gouache on paper
- 40 x 32.1 cm ; 15 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.
Provenance
Private Collection (acquired in France in the 1950s)
Thence by descent
Thence by descent
Condition
Executed on cream wove card, not laid down, fixed to the overmount along the upper edge. There are traces of old glue on the reverse along with light, scattered spots of oxidation. There is time staining around the extreme edges and they are uneven with some associated scuffing (not visible when framed). Overall this work remains in very good condition.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"In the animated neighbourhood around Broadway, it was the neon illuminated advertisments that caught the attention of Gleizes and inspired him to a very liberal extension of Cubist practice. The transparency effects and dynamic superimposing seem to recall the syncopated jazz rhythms of the music that Gleizes had also discovered upon his arrival in New York.” (Peter Brooke & Christian Briend, Albert Gleizes, Le Cubisme en majesté (exhibition catalogue), Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts & Paris, Musée Picasso, 2001, p. 82)