Nicolaas Warb (1906-1957)
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Nicolaas Warb (1906-1957)

Rien n'est réel

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Nicolaas Warb (1906-1957)
Rien n'est réel
signed with initial and dated 'W.'50' (lower right); signed, titled, dated, inscribed, numbered and dedicated 'Nicolaas Warb "Rien N'est Réel" Paris No 170 offert à Simone et Pierre le 6 oct. 1950' (on the reverse)
oil on plywood
29 x 26 cm.
Painted in 1950
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 26 May 2005, lot 371.
Kerseboom Unlimited, Christie's, Amsterdam, 6 March 2007, lot 231.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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

Having a harmonious colour composition and a flowing rhythm of both curved and straight lines, the present paintings are characteristic of Nicolaas Warb’s abstract style. Upon moving to Paris, Warb befriended Georges Vantongerloo who initially guided her towards pure abstraction in art, yet it was her encounter with Goethe’s theory of colour perception that led her to loosen up and be guided by the intrinsic laws of colour. Convinced that her art was taken less serious because it was by the hand of a woman, Warb, whose genuine name is Sophia Elisabeth Warburg, adopted her husband’s surname and shortened her own.

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