View current listings by this company
Estate of Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983)
Listing ID#: 844564
| Sale Location |
|---|
|
Amesbury, MA 01913 |
| Sale Dates and Times |
|---|
|
Bidding Starts: Friday Feb 6, 9:00 AM Bidding Ends: Saturday Mar 7, 7:00 PM |
| Sale Type |
|---|
 Online Auction (shipping available)
VIEW ONLINE CATALOG |
| Company Information |
|---|
|
John McInnis Auctioneers, LLC Contact: Cathy Lewis Phone: 9783880400 Email: mcinnisauctions@yahoo.com Website: mcinnisauctions.com EstateSale.com ID#: 5468 View company information and listings |
Free Email Notifications
Sign up for the EstateSale.com email notifications and we will let you know about sales in your area! You may set up alerts by area (zip and radius), keywords, and by company. It is FREE and only takes a few seconds to sign up.
| Listing Terms and Conditions |
|---|
|
All sales are final and are sold As is, Where is, with All Faults.NO EXCEPTIONS. Please call with any questions before bidding.
Terms of Sale:24% Buyer’s Premium. Please refer to our website for full terms and more info at mcinnisauctions.com STATE SALES TAX APPLIES OUT OF STATE BUYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX TO THEIR STATE. DEALERS MUST PROVIDE VALID RESALE CERTIFICATE SHIPPING AND DELIVERY AVAILABLE PAID BY BUYER |
| Listing Information |
|---|
|
BID ONLINE THRU LIVE AUCTIONEERS
SATURDAY, MARCH 7th at 12:00 pm Live in Person Preview Friday, March 6th 10:00-4:00 Saturday, March 7th 9:00am to 12:00pm At our Gallery 76 Main Street - Amesbury, MA 01913 For an on line color catalog and terms visit:mcinnisauctions.com 800-822-1417| Ma Lic#770|mcinnisauctions@yahoo.com
Provenance: Bernard Lamotte's widow Lilyan White Kent and by direct descent to her great nieces and nephews who have contracted John McInnis Auctioneers to conduct this sale. At the age of 17 Lamotte was accepted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied under Fernand Corman and Lucien Simon. By 1935 he had moved to New York City where he was based during most of his artistic life. Within one year, he had secured a one-man show at the Wildenstein Gallery. His studio above La Grenouille restaurant became a gathering place for many expatriate French artists, writers and actors. He married Lilyan White Kent, an artist and former wife of a Hollywood producer. He became a naturalized citizen in 1951. The couple divided their time between the city apartment and a home in Southampton. He and his wife traveled widely including Tahiti, the West Indies and India among others and continually returned to Paris for subject matter, capturing fleeting moments of everyday life in the quartiers, parks and cafes. His method was to sketch en plein air and photograph and then complete canvases in his studio. In an interview with Time Magazine ("Conductor with a Brush," July 12, 1948) Lamotte stated, "My palette is an orchestra. I have all my colors before me and I play with them. With my stick I direct them onto the canvas. The black is the bass and the blue is the piano. I say to the yellow, 'I am coming for you,' and to the pink, 'stay quiet.' Yes, when I paint I am the conductor -- like Toscanini."
|
|
Photo Gallery
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
