Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979)
'Nature Vivant I'
Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 50cm (25½ x 19¾")
Signed
Inscribed verso 'Vivant I', and with label 'Etude de Mr Guy Loudmer, 30 place de la...

Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979)
'Nature Vivant I'
Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 50cm (25½ x 19¾")
Signed
Inscribed verso 'Vivant I', and with label 'Etude de Mr Guy Loudmer, 30 place de la Madeleine Paris 8e'

This piece was painted in November 1947. The artist was living in a friend's apartment at the time in Boulevard Lannes in Paris, one of many different places he stayed during that year, either in Paris or on the South coast of France, as he had no home of his own. A travelling artist! Despite these difficulties these years were a rich and prolific time for his work, despite living hand to mouth, reliant on the next sale for his next meal.

 

This particular piece is a vibrant painting and features a regular theme of his, inanimate objects brought to life in an everyday setting.

 

Our thanks to Christopher Rákóczi for his help in cataloguing this lot.

 

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