20th Nov, 2024 10:00

The November Auctions

 
Lot 463
 

463

ARR Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976)

Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976)

All the Colours of the Rainbow (1942)

signed lower right

oil on canvas

50.5cm x 61.5cm

Provenance:

ICI Corporate Collection until 2002; Collection of Rose Grimond; Private Collection, UK.

Footnote:

The present work was commissioned by Imperial Chemical Industries to promote the production of chemical dyes. However, Zinkeisen's execution belies the painting's commercial origins, resulting in a dreamlike and surreal piece that must be counted among her finest pictures.

The November Auctions: Modern Art & Design | Fine Art & Antiques

Day 2
20 November from 10am
Modern Art & Design
Fine Art & Antiques

Sold for £15,000


 

Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976)

All the Colours of the Rainbow (1942)

signed lower right

oil on canvas

50.5cm x 61.5cm

ICI Corporate Collection until 2002; Collection of Rose Grimond; Private Collection, UK.

The present work was commissioned by Imperial Chemical Industries to promote the production of chemical dyes. However, Zinkeisen's execution belies the painting's commercial origins, resulting in a dreamlike and surreal piece that must be counted among her finest pictures.


The November Auctions: Modern Art & Design | Fine Art & Antiques

Day 2
20 November from 10am
Modern Art & Design
Fine Art & Antiques

Framed. The painting is in good overall condition. The picture surface is stable, with some light surface dirt and other minor abrasions. Some wear is present to the graduated painted gilt frame. There is some undulation to the canvas in places, as well as some slightly more prominent areas of abrasion and scuffing around the lower right. There are some other blemishes around the upper left of the composition as photographed. There is no real craquelure. The canvas does not appear to have been relined.

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Auction: The November Auctions, 20th Nov, 2024

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