15 - Guy Bardone (1927-2015) | French

Guy Bardone (1927-2015) | French Soucis au tissu quadrillé (Marigolds on a Checked Cloth), 1969 Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed ‘Bardone.’ (lower right); titled, dated ’69’, inscribed with the dimensions and signed again on the reverse. Dimensions: Framed: 61 × 43.5 cm | 24 × 17.1 in Artwork: 50 × 33.5 cm | 19.7 × 13.2 in Provenance: Acquired in France. Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable and clean, with no losses observed. Presented in a gilt frame with light wear. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- A pot of orange marigolds on a red table against a green and white checked cloth hung behind it, a band of blue to the left and of ochre to the right: four flat fields of colour and, in the middle, the dense, almost woven mass of the flowers, each head a whorl of orange impasto. Bardone’s title on the reverse, ‘Soucis au tissu quadrillé’, names the two things that interested him, the flowers and the pattern. Guy Bardone (1927–2015), pupil of Brianchon, Cavaillès and Desnoyer at the Arts Décoratifs and winner of the Prix Fénéon in 1952, was one of the painters of ‘poetic reality’ who kept the tradition of Bonnard and Matisse alive in post-war Paris, often working alongside his friend René Genis. This 1969 still life, with its simplified planes and saturated colour, is a fully mature example, in its original gilt frame.