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Lot no. 18
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika (Greek, 1906-1994) Countryside/ Les derniers rayons du soleil inscrit avec dédicace 'For Peter en souvenir of Edipsos with all my love Nico./ Barbaras Birthday Feb.22.1960.' (au verso) ink et gouache sur papier 46 x 66cm (18 1/8 x 26in). Peint en 1958. inscribed with dedication (on the reverse) ink and gouache on paper Footnotes: Provenance The artist's collection. A gift from the artist to Lady Nöel Evelyn 'Peter' Norton, London. Thence by descent to the present owner. Exposé New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery (as per label on the reverse). Littérature Ghika, Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, C. Zervos, S. Spender, P. Leigh Fermor ed., Lund Humphries editions, London 1964, no. 12 (listed and illustrated). Drawing from indigenous sources, ranging from icon painting to folk art and Karaghiozi shadow-puppet theatre, Ghika formulated a distinctive artistic premise related to post-cubist explorations. Moreover, the tender convolutions and fragile gestures so evident here allude to the mystical world of oriental calligraphy and its constant flow of brush and pen. In 1958, the year he painted Countryside, the artist visited the USA at the invitation of the State Department and returned to Greece by way of the Far East. As noted by art critic S. Spender, the drawings of India and Japan Ghika did in 1958 are of particular importance because they established a connection between far-eastern art and Ghika's sensibility which was partly Oriental.'1 1 S. Spender, 'Ghika' in Ghika, Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Boston Book and Art Shop, Boston 1965, p. 23. Puisant dans des sources indigènes, qui vont de la peinture d'icônes jusqu'à l'art naïf et au théâtre d'ombres de Karaghiozi, Ghika a formulé un postulat artistique distinctif, relié à des explorations post-cubistes. En outre, les convolutions tendres et la gestuelle fragile, si évidents ici, font allusion au monde mystique de la calligraphie orientale et à son mouvement constant du pinceau et de la plume. En 1958, année où il a peint Countryside l'artiste s'est rendu aux États-Unis à l'invitation du Département d'État, et est rentré en Grèce en passant par l'Extrême-Orient. Comme le note le critique d'art S. Spender, les dessins que Ghika a réalisés sur l'Inde et le Japon en 1958 revêtent une importance particulière car ils créent un lien entre l'art extrême-oriental et la sensibilité de Ghika, qui était en partie orientale. » This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the car remains in EU.TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où la voiture reste dans l'Union Européenne. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com Starting price : 8500
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The Greek Sale
75002 Paris - France
11/24/2021
Offered by Bonhams
01 42 61 10 10

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