Nikos Engonopoulos
Hydra , 1962 (Executed)
Lot #11 |
2009-05-06 |
Sotheby's, London
The Greek Sale
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 40,000 - 60,000 (currency of sale)
USD 62,640 - 93,960 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L09660
Auction name: The Greek Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2009-05-06
Currency: GBP
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century Greek Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 54 by 45cm., 21Ā¾ by 17Ā¾in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
54
Width In Centimeters:
45
Height In Inches:
21.25
Width In Inches:
17.75
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Year notes: Executed in 1962.
Provenance
Private Collection, Athens
Exhibited
at the Venice Biennale, this work is a fine example of the Greek houses he painted throughout his lifetime. In a career dominated by the Surrealist style and content of his art and poetry, Engonopoulos retained respect and admiration for the trappings of the modern Greece he loved and the traditions, art and architecture of the Greece of his personal experience. His frame of reference reflected his statement: 'I am a Greek along with the familiar images that surround me' (quoted in Modern Greek Art. The 20 th Century , Athens, 1999, p. 116).
Literature
Ellinikos Vorras , 1 March 1966, illustrated Katherina Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos - Son Univers Pictural , Athens, 2007, pp. 333 & 482, no. 790, illustrated Catalogue Note Painted the same year that Engonopoulos
Catalog summary
Nikos Engonopoulos Hydra signed and dated 62 lower right oil on canvas 54 by 45cm., 21Ā¾ by 17Ā¾in. Provenance Private Collection, Athens Literature Ellinikos Vorras , 1 March 1966, illustrated Katherina Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos - Son Univers Pictural , Athens, 2007, pp. 333 & 482, no. 790, illustrated Catalogue Note Painted the same year that Engonopoulos exhibited at the Venice Biennale, this work is a fine example of the Greek houses he painted throughout his lifetime. In a career dominated by the Surrealist style and content of his art and poetry, Engonopoulos retained respect and admiration for the trappings of the modern Greece he loved and the traditions, art and architecture of the Greece of his personal experience. His frame of reference reflected his statement: 'I am a Greek along with the familiar images that surround me' (quoted in Modern Greek Art. The 20 th Century , Athens, 1999, p. 116).