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Basil Rakoczi
LA GUERRE CIVIL
Lot 42
Result:
Not Sold
Estimate:
€800 - €1,200
Basil Rakoczi, 1908-1979
LA GUERRE CIVIL (1947)
Gouache on paper ,24 ¾" x 19 ¼ (63 x 49cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1947 verso.
Provenance: The Collection of Bruce Arnold.
This group of works on paper by Basil Rakoczi and Kenn...
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Lot 42
Basil Rakoczi
LA GUERRE CIVIL
Lot 42
Basil Rakoczi
LA GUERRE CIVIL
Estimate:
€800 - €1,200
Basil Rakoczi, 1908-1979
LA GUERRE CIVIL (1947)
Gouache on paper ,24 ¾" x 19 ¼ (63 x 49cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1947 verso.
Provenance: The Collection of Bruce Arnold.
This group of works on paper by Basil Rakoczi and Kenneth Hall (lots 42-49) provides a remarkable sense of insight into both artists. Despite their close association with other British modernist artists who exhibited with Lucy Wertheim, in addition to the Irish artists with whom they exhibited as the White Stag Group, neither fits easily into a group identity.
Hall's voice is highly individual and comes across strongly through these works. There is a nervous energy in the landscape that moves from the elegant line of the mountain profile to the jerky, scribbled notations of trees. His figures are elusive and ambiguous in their treatment and also in their meaning, whereas Rakoczi's have a boldness of line and a direct and straightforward use of colour, with a strong narrative dynamic. Rakoczi's art emerges as an exploration of ideas and myth, while Hall's is highly personal, a direct expression of the artist's complex engagement with his own identity and his environment.
Dickon Hall, March 2024
LA GUERRE CIVIL (1947)
Gouache on paper ,24 ¾" x 19 ¼ (63 x 49cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1947 verso.
Provenance: The Collection of Bruce Arnold.
This group of works on paper by Basil Rakoczi and Kenneth Hall (lots 42-49) provides a remarkable sense of insight into both artists. Despite their close association with other British modernist artists who exhibited with Lucy Wertheim, in addition to the Irish artists with whom they exhibited as the White Stag Group, neither fits easily into a group identity.
Hall's voice is highly individual and comes across strongly through these works. There is a nervous energy in the landscape that moves from the elegant line of the mountain profile to the jerky, scribbled notations of trees. His figures are elusive and ambiguous in their treatment and also in their meaning, whereas Rakoczi's have a boldness of line and a direct and straightforward use of colour, with a strong narrative dynamic. Rakoczi's art emerges as an exploration of ideas and myth, while Hall's is highly personal, a direct expression of the artist's complex engagement with his own identity and his environment.
Dickon Hall, March 2024
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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