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William Crozier
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- William Crozier
- Entrance
- signed; also signed and titled on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 40 by 49.5cm.; 15¾ by 19½in.
- Executed in 2003.
Provenance
Gift of the Artist's Estate
Condition
Original canvas. The work appears to be in very and original overall condition.
Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of florescence or retouching.
The work is float mounted in a wooden tray frame.
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"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
The initial landscape inspiration for this 2003 painting of Entrance lay in the landscape around Simiane La Rotonde in Provence, where Crozier stayed several times at the home of Helen and Robert Kime, working in the studio they created for him. Provence provided a welcome new impetus for the artist after a calamitous fire at his Hampshire studio in 2001 and each time he visited, the artist recalled, “I would try to find a pictorial language which would be mine alone and not derivative of the painters who had made Provence theirs”(Crozier, unpublished note to S.B. Kennedy, quoted in K. Crouan, S.B. Kennedy and P. Vann, William Crozier, Lund Humphries, London and Aldershot, 2007 p.170). Crozier’s landscape subjects invariably depict landscape as a state of mind; the original subject is simply a vehicle to carry emotions and ideas. The title of the Entrance had especial resonance for the artist, recurring frequently in paintings and drawings between 1993 and 2011. Entrance is about change. In depicting two trees standing in counterpoint each to the other, the artist draws our attention to the physical space between and beyond them, but he also intended to imply a metaphysical transformation of one life into another.