P. Balet

Sanguine Nude Female

1947

Delightful pencil and pastel nude of a standing female, circa 1990. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-sized frame. Archival ...

Modern line drawing of female nude from back laying on her left side, circa 1990. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and...

Classic pastel on paper of seated nude female in orange, circa 1990. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate o...

Charcoal sketch of nude female with hands behind her head, circa 1990. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. ...

Theo Meier (1908-1982) “A Balinese woman with offerings” Signed, dated '36 and annotated Mankok (the name of the sitter) lower left Sanguine on paper, measures: 57 x 41.5 cm In a handmade and hand painted frame with address: Max Kno¨ll, Herberggasse 4/1, Basel. Provenance: Private collection, Basel (acquired directly from the artist) Private collection, London Note: Theo Meier was born in Basel, where he attended art school and became a successful portrait painter. However, after visiting an exhibition in Basel of Tahitian paintings by Paul Gaugin, he decided to follow in Gaugin’s footsteps and go to the South Pacific. To finance his voyage, he founded a club in which every member pledged a monthly sum in return of which they could choose one of Meier’s paintings upon his return. In 1932, at the age of 24, he embarked on his voyage to the South Sea. In Tahiti, he certainly discovered the beauty of the colours of the tropical world but the simplicity of the inhabitants, he had seen in Gaugin’s paintings turned out to be more in the artist’s fantasy than in reality. He returned to Basel but in 1935 again was on his way to the South Sea. In 1936 he arrived in Bali, planning to stay there for two or three weeks, but thirty years later he was still there. In Bali “a delirium laid hold of me which even today has not subsided”, he was to write much later. The present drawing was made during his first “delirius” year in Bali. In Bali, he settled and found inspiration and friendship with other artists including Walter Spies...

GIUSEPPE BOSSI (1777-1815) Studies of seated figures Pen and ink on paper 18 x 14 cm Provenance: Private collection, France Giuseppe Bossi was an Italian Neoclassical painter, dra...

François FLAMENG Paris 1856 - 1923 Diana the Huntress floating in the clouds, fan project 1893 Watercolor and gouache on wove paper Signed and dated lower right 25 x 70 cm sheet (le...

Max Walter Svanberg (1912–1994) Surrealist Composition, 1935 Graphite on paper Dimensions: 10 ⅗ × 16 ½ in (27 × 42 cm); 18 ⅞ × 25 ¼ in (48 × 64 cm) framed Signed and dated lower righ...