Vladimir Tretchikoff
Chrysanthemums
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 500 000
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Starting at ZAR 900 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item
South African 1913-2006
Chrysanthemums
signed
oil on canvas
120,5 by 660cm excluding frame; 137 by 76 by 6cm including frame
Notes
'Tretchikoff described his style as 'symbolic realism'. And nowhere was this more prominent than in his flower studies. He first painted flowers in Java, enchanted by the rainbow-like colours of the cannas in his garden. But his fascination with flowers had probably started much earlier, in the Far East. In Chinese culture, each flower symbolises a quality or idea. Flowers are always found on Buddhist altars. The graceful shapes of Chinese vases, emblems of harmony, reproduce the curves of a woman's body.'1
1. Boris Gorelik (2013) Incredible Tretchikoff: Life of an Artist and Adventurer, United Kingdom: Art Books Publishing Ltd, page 141.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the previous owner.
Private Collection.
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