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Lot 70 COLLECTION RODOLPHE STADLER, PARIS
ALFONSO OSSORIO (1901-1985)
Fat and thin
Closed5 June 2013
Price Realised
EUR 121,500
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Specialist note
'Yeux de verre, perles de bimbeloterie de forme conique, ronde ou cylindrique, coquillages, morceaux de bois sec, pièces de monnaie, plumes d'oiseaux, cordages, baguettes de bois, découpages de photos, menottes de policier, cadenas, etc. Tel est l'inventaire abracadabrant de ce peintre. [...] Il crée une féerie visuelle à partir d'un patient assemblage d'objets, lesquels, dès lors qu'ils sont organisés dans l'espace du tableau et intégrés à la couleur, perdent leur signification première pour devenir ce que l'on appelle des "signes plastiques"'.
'Glass eyes, conical, round and cylindrical pearl baubles, shells, pieces of dry wood, coins, bird feathers, ropes, wooden sticks, cut-out photos, police handcuffs, padlocks, etc. This is this painters eccentric inventory. [...] He creates a visual extravaganza from the patient assembly of objects, which, once organised in the space of the painting and surrounded by colour, lose their initial meaning to become what are referred to as "material symbols".'
Le Monde, 17 novembre 1961.
'Glass eyes, conical, round and cylindrical pearl baubles, shells, pieces of dry wood, coins, bird feathers, ropes, wooden sticks, cut-out photos, police handcuffs, padlocks, etc. This is this painters eccentric inventory. [...] He creates a visual extravaganza from the patient assembly of objects, which, once organised in the space of the painting and surrounded by colour, lose their initial meaning to become what are referred to as "material symbols".'
Le Monde, 17 novembre 1961.