Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 271

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

CHARLES LOUPOT (1892-1962)

PKZ / BURGER - KEHL & C. 1921.


49¾x35¼ inches, 125¼x89½ cm. Wolfsberg, Zurich.
Condition B: upper and side margins entirely replaced; creases, abrasions and restoration in image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Mounted on Chartex.

A dapper gentleman, holding his cane in the air, stands monumentally in the foreground. He is backed by a painterly, diagonal swath of what could pass for a billowing fire, but is more likely the vibrant autumn foliage - with a few leaves scattered on the ground behind him. Loupot's use of color - especially his signature orange and complementary blue & green tones, results in an eye-catching, energetic composition.

Loupot / Zagrodzki 45, Loupot 14, Loupot Peintres 45, Weill 431, Plakat Schweiz p. 136.