Irma Stern (1894-1966) - Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1948

Irma Stern (1894-1966) | South African Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1948 Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed and dated ‘Irma Stern 1948’ (lower left). Dimensions: Artwork: 50 × 60 cm | 19.7 × 23.6 in Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Germany. Acquired from the above in 2020. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its stretcher. The paint is thinly applied, with the canvas weave visible in places as intended; slight undulation of the canvas in the upper left, minor abrasion at the extreme edges and corners, and light surface dirt. The tacking margins are frayed and the reverse of the canvas shows old staining; unframed. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. 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. 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. -- The façade of St Mark’s rises against a deep blue sky, its domes, mosaics and Gothic pinnacles put down in loaded strokes of cream, pink and turquoise. To the right the corner of the Doge’s Palace fills the foreground with a single great pointed arch in ochre and slate; to the left stand the flagpoles of the Piazza and a glimpse of the Clock Tower, and a handful of figures cross the pavement, each made with two or three touches of the brush. The paint is thin and fast, the weave of the canvas left to show through the square. Irma Stern could not travel to Europe during the war. In 1948 she went back for the first time, visited the Venice Biennale, and wrote to her friend Freda Feldman that she had painted ‘quite a few pictures’ in the city. These Venetian canvases of 1948, canals, the lagoon and the monuments of San Marco, are a small and distinct group in her work: the palette of her Zanzibar years, turquoise, rose and gold, turned on the architecture of Europe, with the speed of a painter working in front of the motif.

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