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Priceless Picasso
American & European Paintings
Skinner Boston Gallery
March 5, 2004
Title: Nature Morte a la Pasteque, 1962, edition of 160 (Bloch, 1098).
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Signed and numbered "124/160 Picasso" in pencil l.r.
Medium: Color linocut on paper with "ARCHES" watermark,
Dimensions: 23 X 28 ½ in. framed.
Estimate $22,000-24,000
Image Courtesy Skinner, Inc. Boston MA.
Pablo Picasso, the prolific artist of the 20th Century, is a highlight of the
American and European Paintings Auction at Skinner Inc, Boston. The Spaniard
produced over 50,000 works and is known for his contributions to cubism.
Throughout his artistic career Picasso was known for his constant revaluation of
his art and multitude of media.
Nature Morte a la Pasteque translated
to Nature: Death of the Watermelon while depicting a warm fruit slice bathed in
warm sunlight is an excellent surrealist work by Picasso.
The Tuskegee, Alabama native Frederick Arthur Bridgman studied both at
Brooklyn Art School and at the National Academy of Design.
Title: Halloween
Artist: Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Signed and dated F.A. Bridgman 18.l.r.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions. 27 x 45 in. framed
Estimate $30,000-50,000
Image Courtesy Skinner, Inc. Boston MA.
Through the
efforts of his friend Thomas Eakins the two men and a few other American artists
were able to join the Jean-Léon Gérôme's atelier. It was only through the
Écoles of Beaux-Artes that an artist was able to enter the Salon, the official
French art exhibition that dated from 1667. Bridgman found success at the Salon
in 1870 with his work A Provincial Circus. Bridgman is known for his
works in the American Orientalist style.
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Title: Portrait of Francis I, Stephen de Lorraine
Manner of Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789)
Unsigned, identified on a presentation plaque affixed to the frame.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 X 59 in. framed.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
Image Courtesy Skinner, Inc. Boston MA.
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Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine,
(1708-1765) is the subject of a portrait in the style of Jean Etienne
Liotard. Francis was the son-in-law of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI after
his marriage to Maria-Thérèse.
His wife made him co-regent with her and he became Francis I upon
his election as Holy Roman Emperor. Together they had sixteen children,
including a future Queen of France, the ill-fated Marie Antoinette.
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Jean-Étienne Liotard, famous for his eccentric manner of dress, was a noted Swiss portraitist of the 18th Century. The Geneva native achieved
notoriety for his alteration of his appearance shortly after his marriage likely at his wife's behest.
It is believed that his use of oriental dress and full long beard was a form of highly successful self-promotion. Maria-Thérèse commissioned the artist to
paint a work of her sixteen children.
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers.
Robert Skinner founded the auctioneers and appraisers of Antiques and Fine
Art company that bears his name, recognizing the
exceptional position of Boston as an international arts center. After several years of operation the Boston Gallery was opened in 1978.
Several auctions are held each year in the Boston and also in the Bolton Galleries.
Six of these auctions are devoted to American and European paintings but many
other genres are included from antiques to jewelry to modern art sculptures.
Picasso, Liotard and Bridgman: all available at the upcoming
Skinner Auction in Boston.
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