Live Auction 15480Modern British Art Day Sale
Leon Kossoff (b. 1926)
Lot 204 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

Leon Kossoff (b. 1926)

From Poussin: The Destruction and the Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem

Closed20 June 2018

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GBP 35,000

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Leon Kossoff (b. 1926)
From Poussin: The Destruction and the Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem
chalk and felt-tipped pen
22 x 26 1/8 in. (56 x 66.5 cm.)
Executed in 1999.

The Harebell Appeal Auction; Courtesy of Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 20 September 2012, lot 45, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work on paper was inspired by the painting, The Destruction and the Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1625-6, by Nicolas Poussin. This painting normally hangs at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem but was exhibited at the National Gallery, London, in 1999, when Kossoff had the opportunity to see it. He subsequently created a number of prints (34 of which were gifted by the artist to the Tate in 2007) as well as this work on paper.