Sale: 396 / Post War/ Contemporary Art, Oct. 20. 2012 in Munich Lot 746

 
Alexander Istrati - Forms en Rouge


746
Alexander Istrati
Forms en Rouge, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 4,500 / $ 4,860
Sold:
€ 6,500 / $ 7,020

(incl. surcharge)
Forms en Rouge. 1953.
Oil on canvas.
Signed upper left. Inscribed "A. Istrati, Impasse Ronsin Paris XV 1095" (by artist?) on verso. 65 x 54 cm (25,5 x 21,2 in).
Inscribed and dated on verso of canvas. [CB].

Alexander Istrati went to Paris on a scholarship together with his wife in 1947. He met with Brancusi, with whom he would be in a friendship that lasted all his life.




746
Alexander Istrati
Forms en Rouge, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 4,500 / $ 4,860
Sold:
€ 6,500 / $ 7,020

(incl. surcharge)