Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection
Trompe L'œil of Playing Cards, Keys, Scissors, and Various Drawings
Auction Closed
February 6, 08:57 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection
Gabriel-Gaspard Grésly
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 1712 - 1756 Besançon
Trompe L'œil of Playing Cards, Keys, Scissors, and Various Drawings
oil on canvas
canvas: 30 ⅛ by 35 ¼ in.; 76.5 by 89.5 cm
framed: 32 by 41 in.; 81.5 by 104.2 cm
With David Koetser, Zurich;
From whom acquired by Hans and Marion König, 1989.
In this beguiling trompe l’oeil still life, a specific genre intended to deceive the eye of the beholder, Gabriel-Gaspard Grésly depicts a smattering of papers—letters, playing cards, prints, and drawings—and objects that appear affixed to a vertical wooden board hanging on the wall. Playing on the mimetic power of painting, such works (if painted with enough skill) were intended to trick viewers into questioning the fine line between the real and illusory.
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