La Flamboyante, Circa 1982
124.5 cms x 86.4 cms (49 ins x 34 ins)
Signed "A. Poncet", numbered 1/6 and stamped with the foundry mark: "Fonderia Tesconi Pietra Santa" at the base. Raised and pivoting on a black granite cylindrical base.
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art Online Auction" held on Tue, Jun 13, 2017.
Lot 47
Lot 47
Estimate: CAD $12,000 - $18,000
Realised: CAD $36,000
Realised: CAD $36,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Prominent Collection, Toronto
Notes:
The sculptor Antoine Poncet grew up in a family of artists. He was the son of the painter and glassmaker Marcel Poncet and the grandson of the great Nabi artist Maurice Denis.
"La Flamboyante" in its abstract form with smooth, curved surfaces interrupted by sharp edges and pivoting on its stone base, offers the viewer a multitude of points of view where the shape and light effects cast on its highly polished surface avoids the monotony of the fixed object. Inspired by nature, Poncet evokes how in nature, a flower head opens.
This work is a reduction of the original bronze "La Flamboyante" (1979/1980 execution of the mold) that stands in the Place des Bergues, City of Geneva, measuring 95" x 70" x 68" (cast in 1982).
Prominent Collection, Toronto
Notes:
The sculptor Antoine Poncet grew up in a family of artists. He was the son of the painter and glassmaker Marcel Poncet and the grandson of the great Nabi artist Maurice Denis.
"La Flamboyante" in its abstract form with smooth, curved surfaces interrupted by sharp edges and pivoting on its stone base, offers the viewer a multitude of points of view where the shape and light effects cast on its highly polished surface avoids the monotony of the fixed object. Inspired by nature, Poncet evokes how in nature, a flower head opens.
This work is a reduction of the original bronze "La Flamboyante" (1979/1980 execution of the mold) that stands in the Place des Bergues, City of Geneva, measuring 95" x 70" x 68" (cast in 1982).
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.