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Lot 4. Boleswaw J. Czedekowski (1885-1969), Nude before Mirror, Oil
Oil on canvas
Austria, 20th century
Boleswaw Jan Czedekowski (1885-1969) – Polish-Austrian painter
Signed and barely legible dated ‘Czedekowski 9[…]9’ lower right
On the rverse stamped by the canvas factory of Arnold Landsberger, Vienna
Dimensions: 105 x 80.5 cm
Gilt stucco frame: 126 x 100.5 cm
Provenance: Private proberty, Lower Saxony
Good condition
Female nude in interior: The mirror, one of the popular subjects of art, allows the double presentation of the model – beautiful nude painting of a young woman.
Condition:
The painting is in good condition consistent with the age. The varnish has been slightly darkened and there are very few small marks and a few spots with pigment loss overall. There are areas with scuffing due to the frame along the edges. A few retouched spots can be seen at the right edge. The frame is in good condition with signs of wear. The dimensions are 105 x 80.5 cm and the frame measures 126 x 100.5 cm.
Boleswaw Jan Czedekowski (1885-1969)
Boleswaw Jan Czedekowski was a well-travelled Polish-Austrian painter of the 20th century, who lived among others in Vienna, Paris and New York. Czedekowski studied at first at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His teachers were Rudolph Bacher and Kazimierz Pochwalski. The artist focused on portraits and genre painting. Mainly he painted portraits of the Vienna nobility. During the First World War he worked as a medical orderly and as a war artist. Works of this period painted by Czedekowski are in the collection of the Military History Museum in Vienna. At the beginning of the 1920s he left Austria and traveled to New York, later he lived in Paris for several years. The oeuvre of the artist is well represented by the moving portraits and family paintings Czedekowski created of the high society.
Estimate 1,500 – 1,950 EUR. Auctionata. 06/29/16
