Leon Kossoff
School Building, Willesden, Winter 1981
Lot #21 |
2021-06-22 |
Sotheby's, London
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 400,000 - 600,000 (currency of sale)
USD 550,400 - 825,600 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L21010
Auction name: British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2021-06-22
End date: 2021-06-29
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 137 by 175.5cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
137
Width In Centimeters:
175.5
Height In Inches:
54
Width In Inches:
69
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Provenance
LA Louvre, Venice, via Fischer Fine Art Ltd, London, 1985 Irwin and Kathleen Garfield, 1995 Private Collection, by 2003 Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner in 2006
Exhibited
New York, Hirschl & Adler, Leon Kossoff , 5 - 26 March 1983, no. 19 (as School Building Willesden, 1981 ) London, Fischer Fine Art, Leon Kossoff: Recent Work , March - April 1984, unnumbered, illustrated in the catalogue p. 18 Paris, Galerie Luc Bellier, From Berlin to London: Works from a Private European Collection , 2008, unnumbered, illustrated in the catalogue (as School Building, Willesden ) London, Piano Nobile, Leon Kossoff: A London Life , 1 March - 29 May 2019, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue p. 75
Literature
Joe Lloyd, ‘Leon Kossoff: A London Life’, StudioInternational.com , April 2019, illustrated Martin Gayford, ‘Line Dance: Plus – A Welcome Show of Another Painter Who Has Still Not Quite Received His Due, Leon Kossoff ’, S pectator.co.uk , 20 April 2019
Catalog summary
Property from a Private Collection, London Leon Kossoff 1926 - 2019 School Building, Willesden, Winter 1981 signed KOSSOFF (lower left) and dated DEC 81 (lower right) oil on board unframed: 137 by 175.5cm.; 54 by 69in. Executed in December 1981. Andrea Rose is preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's oil paintings, which will be published by Modern Art Press in September 2021. The present work will be included as no. 245. Provenance LA Louvre, Venice, via Fischer Fine Art Ltd, London, 1985 Irwin and Kathleen Garfield, 1995 Private Collection, by 2003 Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner in 2006 Exhibited New York, Hirschl & Adler, Leon Kossoff , 5 - 26 March 1983, no. 19 (as School Building Willesden, 1981 ) London, Fischer Fine Art, Leon Kossoff: Recent Work , March - April 1984, unnumbered, illustrated in the catalogue p. 18 Paris, Galerie Luc Bellier, From Berlin to London: Works from a Private European Collection , 2008, unnumbered, illustrated in the catalogue (as School Building, Willesden ) London, Piano Nobile, Leon Kossoff: A London Life , 1 March - 29 May 2019, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue p. 75 Literature Joe Lloyd, ‘Leon Kossoff: A London Life’, StudioInternational.com , April 2019, illustrated Martin Gayford, ‘Line Dance: Plus – A Welcome Show of Another Painter Who Has Still Not Quite Received His Due, Leon Kossoff ’, S pectator.co.uk , 20 April 2019