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Felix Kelly, New Zealand/British 1914-1994 - Orangery, Pavlovsk, 1971; oil on board, signed and...
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Felix Kelly,
New Zealand/British 1914-1994 -
Orangery, Pavlovsk, 1971;
oil on board, signed and...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).
Lot 147
Description
Felix Kelly,
New Zealand/British 1914-1994 -
Orangery, Pavlovsk, 1971;
oil on board, signed and dated lower right 'Felix Kelly 71', 56 x 71 cm (ARR)
Provenance:
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, C7871 (label attached to the reverse of the frame);
private collection, purchased from the above and thence by descent
Exhibited:
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, 'Recent Paintings of Russia', 19th October - 6th November 1971, cat. no.16 illus.
Note:
in the present work, Kelly brings out the Surreal quality of the Orangery and its grounds, with its Classical figures making the work reminiscent of Giorgio di Chirico's metaphysical style. For Robert Harling, writing in the Arthur Tooth & Sons catalogue, these works evoke a 'heady excitement' and the 'quality which made the tales of Tolstoy, Turgeniev, Chekov so haunting and memorable to my youth'.
Initially influenced by the work of the Surrealists, Felix Kelly became celebrated for his book cover designs, particularly for ghost stories including Faber and Faber's Best Horror Stories (1957) and Best Tales of Terror (1962), as well as for Haunted Houses (1956) by Joseph Braddock.
The artist held his first one-man exhibition at Lefevre Gallery in 1943, which was highly acclaimed and lead to Herbert Read buying a work and writing the introduction to his next catalogue.
Fees & VAT
Buyer's Premium
The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.
VAT
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