拍品 17
17
Walter Leblanc (1932-1986)
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's… 顯示更多 PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION 'The torsion allowed me to fractionate the light in an ordered and controlled manner without having to revert to an criture of paint like Van Gogh's brushwork.' (Walter Leblanc as quoted in: N. Leblanc & D. Everarts de Velp-Seynaeve, Walter Leblanc. Catalogue raisonné, Ghent 1997, p 34) In the second half of the 1950s, Walter Leblanc moved towards a more monochromatic style. He began to explore the limitations of two-dimensionality in painting, motivated by his previous engagement with abstraction. By slashing the centre of his canvases open, Lucio Fontana allowed three-dimensional space to intrude into an otherwise two-dimensional surface. Fontana thereby liberated painting, creating the opportunity for his contemporaries to investigate a new spectrum of spatial possibilities. By adding objects to the flat surface, Leblanc's works created a dialogue with the matter paintings of the 1950s. His intentions, however, were very different: instead of aiming to create an organic composition, Leblanc's works become more schematic and organized. In 1957 he introduced Twisted strings to the canvas. Although still relatively thin, the wire effected the diffusion of light onto the flat and monochrome surface. The thread created shadows that broke the rhythm, tonality and therefore the entire perception of the work. By the 1960s Leblanc introduced the Torsions, developing the tension between depth and flat surface. By incising the polyvinyl canvasses in a regular grid and turning the vertical strips, the illusion of three-dimensionality is created through the medium itself. The present collection (lots 17-20) is an excellent example of Leblanc's liberation of the flat surface.
Walter Leblanc (1932-1986)

Twisted strings

細節
Walter Leblanc (1932-1986)
Twisted strings
signed 'walter leblanc' (on the reverse); signed and dated 'walter leblanc 1958' (on the stretcher)
metal, sand, cotton thread and latex on canvas
34.5 x 25.5 cm. (including artist's frame)
Executed in 1958
來源
Galerie Brechbühl, Grenchen.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1967.
注意事項
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. “ ! ”: Lot is imported from outside the EU. For each Lot the Buyer’s Premium is calculated as 37.75% of the Hammer Price up to a value of €30,000, plus 31.7% of the Hammer Price between €30,001 and €1,200,000, plus 22.02% of any amount in excess of €1,200,000.

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Lisa Snijders
Lisa Snijders
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拍品專文

The present lot will be included in the forthcoming addendum of the catalogue raisonné: Walter Leblanc. Addenda au catalogue raisonné: II.

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