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All auctions / Contemporary Art / Marcus de Vestele (1941-2024) - Composition Cobra au nu féminin
Marcus de Vestele (1941-2024) Nude reclining Cobra Watercolor and ink on paper, circa 1975 Signature: Back stamp: “Marcus de Vestele – Atelier de l’artiste” Dimensions: 61.5 × 47 cm Sold unframed Condition: Good overall studio condition. Small accidents and creases visible (see photos), in keeping with a paper work from the 1970s coming directly from the artist’s studio. Provenance: Artist’s studio Marcus de Vestele. Description Large Cobra watercolor by Marcus de Vestele, circa 1975. A reclining female nude occupies almost the entire sheet. The body is built from broad fields of color (yellow, gray, mauve, brown) and punctuated by a nervous, spontaneous black ink line. The pose is relaxed, almost animal. The treatment is typically Cobra: spontaneity of gesture, pure and contrasted colors, a perpetual tension between figurative élémentaire and abstraction. The scene has a theatrical and carnal presence, both fragile and monumental. A colorful, expressive work and characteristic of Cobra on paper by Marcus de Vestele in the mid-1970s, coming directly from the artist’s studio. Biography Marcus de Vestele (1941-2024) is a major Belgian artist, best known as a sculptor in marble (notably in Carrara and with Bardiglio marble). Alongside his sculptural practice, he developed throughout his life a significant pictorial output, for a long time kept confidential and today sought after by collectors. Strongly influenced by the Cobra movement (Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Corneille, Constant…), Marcus de Vestele drew on it to create abstract-figurative compositions of great expressive power. His works on paper from the 1970s are characterized by spontaneous line, free gesturing, and a constant tension between figuration and abstraction. His drawings, washes and gouaches combine the rigor of the sculptor with the lyrical, gestural explosion inherent to Cobra. Directly from the studio, this on-paper production constitutes an essential and singular facet of his oeuvre, occupying a special place in Belgian art of the second half of the 20th century.
Estimate:£341.58
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