Lot 46
  • 46

José Maria Sert

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • José Maria Sert
  • Etude pour 'L'ascension', La Danse de la mort, 1939 - 1945
  • photograph
Tirage argentique unique d'époque. Annoté au crayon au verso.

Provenance

Atelier de l'artiste
Collection André Jammes

Literature

Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish, cat. expo., Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum/New Haven, Yale University Press, 2014, ill. p. 12 et p. 24 (variante);
José Maria Sert: Le Titan à l'oeuvre, cat. expo., Paris, Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris/Paris-Musées, 2012, p. 186, ill. p. 188, pl. 147.

Condition

This silver print is in good condition. The corners and edges are very slightly worn. With four pinholes near the corners due to the enlargement process. With a few minimal handling marks near the edges visible in raking light only and with two light creases in the upper area.
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Catalogue Note

Vic, Espagne, troisième projet pour la cathédrale.
Toute la tension dramatique du récit évangélique est condensée dans cette puissante mise en scène où le jeu, sous un éclairage très contrasté, entre la verticale, accentuée par le geste de délivrance, et l'horizontale statique des marches et de l'étoffe, vient intensifier la terrible solitude du mannequin.