Polykleitos RENGOS Houses (Athytos, Kassandra)

signed and dated lower right: POL. REGOS/1937, POL. REGOS/1937, title and exhibition details on the reverse, Although the work bears the artist's signature dated 1937, it is included in the catalogue of the 1936 exhibition, under a title that corresponds to the handwritten inscription on its reverse, which also mentions the exhibition venue and the date 1937. According to our research into contemporary press reports, the exhibition, which is often incorrectly dated to 1937, opened on 19 December 1936 and continued into January 1937, when many art collectors purchased works. This sequence of events suggests that the work may have been sold in 1937 and signed by the artist at that time, which would explain the discrepancy between the date of the signature and that of the exhibition catalogue. See Kimon Theodorou, Velmos and the Exhibitions at the Asylon Technis, Farfoulas Editions, Athens 2021, p. 63. “Exhibitions”, I Vradyni newspaper, 19 December 1936, p. 2. “Exhibitions”, I Vradyni newspaper, 5 January 1937, p. 2. D. Kalonas, “The Exhibition of Mr Regos at the Asylon Technis”, I Vradyni newspaper, 13 January 1937, p. 2. Velmos and the Exhibitions at the Asylon Technis, I Vradyni Artist: Polykleitos RENGOS ( 1903 - 1984 ) Title: Houses (Athytos, Kassandra) Medium: oil on wood Dimensions: 40 x 50 cm. Artist's Resale Rights: Yes

Estimate:£3,343.57

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