01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Lucien Laurent-Gsell's Suicidée, with footnotes, Part 87

Lucien Laurent-Gsell, French 1860–1944

Suicidée!

Oil on canvas

113 ½ by 83 ½ in.; 288.2 by 212 cm

Private collection

Estimate for 30,000 - 50,000 USD in June 2023

The painting, which is larger than life-size, may be «Suicidée!» which Laurent-Gsell exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. A young woman has been pulled from the Seine by two strapping men, wearing workman’s boots and blue trousers, with water still dripping from her skirt and pooling beneath her hair. Her limp right hand hangs lifelessly by her side, her eyes are closed, her skin is turning green, and her mouth is slightly ajar. A modestly dressed young woman standing nearby–wearing a gold ring on her right wedding finger—bends towards the body with concern, while a policeman and other passersby arrive on the scene at left between mounds of sand dredged up from the river. Looking at the Pont des arts, the Academie des Beaux-Arts is visible across the Seine at right with the steeples of Sainte Chapelle at center and the Cathedral of Notre Dame at left. Stanislas Lepine realized a similar view of the Pont des arts, seen from the Pont Royal, which gives a fuller sense of the working activity along the Seine. More on this painting

Lucien Laurent-Gsell was born on November 19, 1860, in Paris. His father Gaspard is renowned for his stained-glass windows and the quality of his restorations. The name of Laurent is attached to Gsell, the name of his mother, daughter of Emile Laurent, a famous glassmaker. Lucien Laurent-Gsell entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of Gaspard Gsell, his father and Alexandre Cabanel. Both of their teachings gave him a passion for the rendering of light in colors, combined with remarkable technical virtuosity in the mastery of drawing. He painted numerous Orientalist scenes as well as scenes of the genre, where the female characters were overflowing with vitality and sensuality. His works are included in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Laurent-Gsell died in 1944 in Paris. More on Lucien Laurent-Gsell

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01 Etching, The amorous game, Gene Kloss' Chance Encounter, with Footnotes #101

Gene Kloss (American, 1903-1996)

Chance Encounter, c. 1965

Etching and drypoint on paper

11-3/4 x 15 inches (29.8 x 38.1 cm)

Private collection

Estimate for $700 - $1,000 in June 2023

Gene Kloss (Born Oakland, CA 1903-died Taos, New Mexico 1996) grew up in the Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with Perham Nahl, her instructor in life class and anatomy, who also gave a course in etching. Amazed by the first print she pulled from the press, Nahl predicted she would be an etcher. Kloss spent two additional years of study at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. In 1925 she married Phillips Kloss, a poet, and they made a honeymoon journey to New Mexico. It was a decisive point in Kloss's career, initiating a lifelong fascination with the the landscape of the Southwest and the Native American peoples who inhabited the region. More on Gene Kloss

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01 Painting, Yusuf Arakkal's Untitled, with footnotes

Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) 

Untitled, c. 1981

Oil on hardboard

23 x 47.25 in   |  58.5 x 119.7 cm

Private collection

Estimated for Rs 2,50,000-Rs 3,500,00 ( $3,050-$4,270 ) in June 2023

Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) was an Indian artist.

Arakkal was born in Chavakkad, Kerala. Both his parents died when he was young. Leaving the comforts of his house behind, he left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter. The hardships that he faced at Bangalore honed the artist in him and sharpened his sensibility. He took a diploma in painting from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (KCP), Bangalore and later specialized in graphic print making from National Academy community studios, Garhi, Delhi.

Arakkal received the prestigious Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, at Florence Internazionale Biennale, in Florence, Italy for his work Bacon’s Man with the Child and Priest. The artist produced a large collection of miscellaneous works consisting of drawings, paintings, sculptures, murals, paper works, prints and writing.

He won several other awards including Karnataka Lalithkala Academy award in 1979 and 1981, a national award in 1983, a special award at the third Asian Art Biennale Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1986 and the Karnataka Lalithkala Academy honor in 1989.

Arakkal's paintings are singularly expressionistic in style. In them one could trace the artist's deep concern for man and society. Set against a dark, oppressive background are the faceless figures of ordinary people expressing brooding loneliness and despair brought on by a society obsessively drawn towards material success where ordinary people have no place. More on Yusuf Arakkal

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