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Andre Grozdanovitch, 'Mesange Betonniere' Modernist Cityscape Oil Painting, Signed - No Reserve

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $600

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Description

Keywords: Mésange Bétonnière, French Art, Modernism, Cityscape, Urban Landscape, Industrial Landscape, Construction, Architecture, Skyscrapers, Cranes, Highways, Expressway, Night City, Mid-Century Modern, Postwar Art, Expressionism, French Modernist

Summary:
André Grozdanovitch (French, 1912–1997). Mésange bétonnière. Oil on canvas depicting a dramatic modern cityscape dominated by high-rise architecture, construction cranes, multilayered highways, and streams of traffic beneath an expressive orange, green, and turquoise sky.

Signed ‘Grozdanovitch’ lower right. Countersigned and titled Mésange bétonnière on the reverse stretcher, together with the artist’s name and an address at 4 rue des Tilleuls, Mesnil-le-Roi, France. Unframed.

André Grozdanovitch was a French artist of Serbian origin, born in 1912 and active as a painter, watercolorist, engraver, lithographer, sculptor, and decorator. His work encompassed a broad range of subjects and media, including landscapes, urban views, and decorative projects. Grozdanovitch also collaborated with noted French glass decorator Robert Pansart; museum documentation records Grozdanovitch’s designs for the monumental engraved-glass decoration of the former Municipal Theater of Poitiers, a significant postwar decorative arts commission.

This is a NO RESERVE lot. There are no hidden or confidential reserves. All acceptable bidding begins at the published online START PRICE.
Measurement: 36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (92.1 x 73 cm.)approx

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All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.

Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions. Accordingly, works are sold as ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.

Bidders are encouraged to carefully review all photographs and, when possible, examine items in person prior to bidding. Photographs form an integral part of each lot’s description. The absence of a condition report, notation, or reference to damage does not imply that an item is free from defects, restoration, wear, or other condition issues. All items are sold as is, where is, and may show signs of age, use, wear, repair, or prior restoration. By placing a bid, bidders acknowledge and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Sale.
All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.
Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions.  Accordingly, works are sold as  ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.