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Rudolf Bauer
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Rudolf Bauer
- Untitled (Barking Poodle)
- signed Rudolf Bauer (lower centre)
- watercolour, gouache, oil and brush and ink on paper
- 43.8 by 32.4cm., 17 1/4 by 12 3/4 in.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, Vienna
Portico New York, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Portico New York, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Fiorella Urbinati Gallery (& traveling), Rudolf Bauer- Centennial Exhibition, 1989-90
Lakeland, Florida, Polk Museum of Art, Champions of Modernism, 1999
New York, Wendt Gallery, Champions of Modernism III, 2011
Lakeland, Florida, Polk Museum of Art, Champions of Modernism, 1999
New York, Wendt Gallery, Champions of Modernism III, 2011
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and T-hinged to the mount at the upper corners. The sheet is backed with paper strips along the extreme edges on the verso. There is some faint mount staining around the extreme left and bottom edges. There are some tiny scuffs and surface stains at the lower left corner and some craquelure with associated tiny losses in the thickest area of pigment at the top centre of the black form. This work is in overall good condition.
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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
Rudolf Bauer’s 1920 drawing is a non-objective work that calls to mind a bird’s eye view of a dog on a leash. A longtime friend of the Futurist artist Filippo Marinetti, it is likely that Bauer was harking back to Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, a 1912 work by fellow Futurist Giacomo Balla, when he created this composition. It has been speculated that the burst of colour above the canine image in Bauer's work is the sound of the dog's bark, a concept in line with the synesthesic nature of his output. If so, then Bauer may have intended to build upon Balla's work by illustrating not only the dynamism of the poodle's gait, but also the sound of its voice.