White Swan

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Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
White Swan
signed 'Joseph Stella' (lower right)
gouache, silverpoint and colored crayon on paper laid down on paper
22 ½ x 28 ½ in. (57.2 x 72.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1924-25.

來源

The artist.
Dr. Giovani Stella, New York, brother of the above.
Mrs. Josephine M. Lettera, New Rochelle, New York, acquired from the above, circa 1954.
Richard York Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1990.

拍品專文

Writing about another swan composition by Joseph Stella, Joann Moser explains, "A form that recurs in several of Stella's drawings and paintings is that of a swan, an image favored by the Symbolists not only for its elongated, curvilinear silhouette, but also for the play on words inherent in the French word for swan, cygne, and its homonym signe, or sign, a sonorous word simultaneously evoking sense and image. Recalling [Stéphane] Mallarmé's famous sonnet of the swan, Stella's hallucinatory image in cool colors is a visual equivalent of Symbolist poetry by an artist who sought to unite visual art, music, and poetry in a single expression." (Visual Poetry: The Drawings of Joseph Stella, Washington, D.C., 1990, p. 107)

White Swan

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