Vincent

Details

Vilmos Huszár (1884-1960)
Vincent
signed with the monogram, dated and indistinctly inscribed '19 11 15 OP...' (lower left)
oil on Eternit (fibrated concrete) in the artist's frame
32¼ x 24 1/8 in. (82.1 x 61.2 cm.); framed
Painted in 1915

Provenance

H. van Assendelft, Gouda
J.P. Smid [Kunsthandel Monet], Amsterdam, by 1982.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 26 May 1993, lot 254.
Galerie Tarica, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Hubertus Wald, Hamburg, by whom acquired from the above on 22 June 1995.

Literature

A. de Jongh, 'De Stijl', in Museumjournaal, no. 6, December 1972, p. 271 (illustrated).
G. Imanse (ed.), Van Gogh tot Cobra: Nederlandse schilderkunst 1880-1950, Utrecht, 1981, no. 88 (illustrated fig. 39, p. 52).
C. Blotkamp (ed.), De Beginjaren van De Stijl, 1917-1922, Utrecht, 1982, p. 90-92 (illustrated fig. 65).

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, De Stijl, 1917-1931, August - October 1982, no. 177.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Vilmos Huszár, schilder en ontwerper, 1884-1960, De grote onbekende van De Stijl, March - May 1985, no. 35 (illustrated in the artist's frame p. 164); this exhibition later travelled to Budapest, National Gallery.
Osaka, Nabio Museum of Art, Flowers and Nature, Netherlandish Flower painting of four centuries, April - May 1990, no. 91 (illustrated p. 135); this exhibition later travelled to Tokyo, Station Gallery and Sidney, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Sammlung Wald, September - November 2003.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

An homage to Vincent van Gogh, Huszár paints his sunflowers in a lyrical semi-abstract style. The present lot is a rare example of the artist's interest in the Italian Futurists, painted in 1915, just one year before he met Van Doesburg and began working in a his later abstract geometric style. In 1917 Huszár co-founded De Stijl and produced the first cover design for the magazine.

The first owner of the present lot was the vicar H. van Assendelft from Gouda, a close friend of Mondrian. Van Assendelft was an avid collector of Modern art and owned several works by Mondrian, Van der Leck and Severini.

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