Wooden Bridge on the Seine

Details

Christopher Wood (1901-1930)
Wooden Bridge on the Seine
oil on board
15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.8 cm.)
Painted in 1924.

Provenance

wtih Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by Eleanor, wife of Arthur, Earl Castle Stewart, March 1938, and by descent.

Literature

E. Newton, Christopher Wood, London, 1938, no. 37.

Exhibited

London, Redfern Gallery, New Burlington Galleries, Christopher Wood Exhibition of Complete Works, March-April 1938, ex-catalogue.

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Lot Essay

During the first few months of 1924, Wood worked from his studio in the rue des Saints Pères, financed by his friend, Antonio de Gandarillas. He spent his mornings drawing from the nude and, in the afternoons, concentrated on painting, particularly focusing on the recent trends of European painting. His general tendency towards Post-Impressionism and in particular the Fauvist techniques used by Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck can be clearly seen in the present work, through the use of bold colours applied in broad horizontal and vertical brushstrokes.

Eleanor, Countess Castle-Stewart, married Arthur, 7th Earl in 1920 and was the daughter of Solomon R. Guggenheim.

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