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Tadeusz Makowski (1882 Oświęcim - 1932 Paris), "14 July in the countryside" ("Le 14 Juillet á la campagne"), 1928

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Estimations: 16 188 - 20 813 EUR
gouache, watercolor/paper
Dimensions: 14.3 x 19.2 cm
signed p.d.: ' [illegible] de Makowski'
sketch for the painting "14 July in the countryside" (1928, National Museum in Warsaw); signed by the author l.d.: 'Le | 14 Juillet à la campagne'.

On the reverse, author's letter: '"Bannoy (Cher), chez Mlle Clémence Fouchard. | Cher ami, j'ai échoué dans un petit village à 1 km de la Loire où je suis très bien pour travailler. A vrai dire, c'est tout petit mais je suis très content de retrouver un peu de gaité rustique qui est si caractéristique quand on s'en va vers le Midi. Cela me fait penser à l'Auvergne où j'ai passé des moments si agréables. Aussi le bon soleil fait-il danser les pinceaux sur la toile et la folie de la couleur m'envahit de nouveau et me rajeunit. J'espère faire quelques toile amusantes si tout va bien. Pour vous rendre de ce que je fais je vous envoie un croquis d'une toile en train. A mes heures de loisir je prends des bains d'eau douce dans la Loire et je taquine les poissons mais le brochet ne veut rien entendre et je finis par croire que je suis un mauvais pêcheur. Je suis entouré de braves gens comme toujours et j'aime la vue simple que je trouve ici. Et vous, cher ami, êtes vous déjà à Fontainebleau ? Je vous souhaite bonnes vacances et bon repos. Mes meilleures amitiés, mes hommages à Madame Chéron et le bonjour à Mademoiselle Micheline. | Cordialement, votre Tadé Makowski'.

State of preservation
expert opinion of Elzbieta Zawistowska dated February 2024

Origin
private collection, France
private collection, Poland

Biography
Tadeusz Makowski is one of the most outstanding Polish artists of the 1st half of the 20th century. He was a painter, graphic artist and draughtsman. In 1903-08 he studied at the Cracow Academy with Józef Unierzyski, Józef Mehoffer and Jan Stanisławski; at the same time he studied philology at the Jagiellonian University. In 1908, via Munich, he went to Paris, where he settled permanently. From there he traveled to Brittany, Auvergne and the south of France for summer seasons. He also made an artistic trip to Holland and Belgium (1921). In Paris, he was friends with many prominent painters, writers and art dealers. He maintained lively contacts with Polish artists residing in France and was president of the Paris-based "Society of Polish Artists." He exhibited his works at home - in Cracow and Warsaw (from 1907) and Lviv (1910) - and abroad: in Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, Budapest and Amsterdam. He painted figural compositions, landscapes, still lifes and portraits, especially of children. Experimenting with cubist painting, he developed his own individual style. With form, color and light, as well as a certain deformation, he built lyrical though sometimes not without a certain irony or derision in his painting compositions.

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Early Art. Works on Paper
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Date
22 February 2024 CET/Warsaw
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16 188 - 20 813 EUR
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18 038 EUR
Hammer price without Byuer's Premium
15 031 EUR
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120%
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Early Art. Works on Paper
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