Lot 211
Australian (1921-2013)
Pietro (1958)
Medium

watercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches

Signature

inscribed 'To Gordon' and signed upper left

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Price Realized: $7,500
Includes buyer's premium

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Description

inscribed 'Pietro' lower right with small sketch of face in ink verso

Frame Information

unframed

Provenance

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Christie's, Melbourne, 'Australian International and Contemporary Paintings including Property from the Collection of the Late Gordon House,' 22 August 2005, lot 190 Christie's, Melbourne, 27 August 2002, lot 310 Private Collection

Condition

hinged along upper edge, overall with toning and foxing with staining, area of purple accretion to figure's shorts

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Seymour Stein

Image for Collection Seymour Stein

Legendary Sire Records co-founder, Seymour Stein, kick-started the era of punk and new wave music in the 1970s and ‘80s, by signing to the label such iconic artists as the Ramones, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Ice-T, and famously, in 1982, Madonna. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Beginning in the early 1970s, while traveling as a young businessman throughout Europe, Stein developed an enthusiasm for early 20th-century art. Wherever he went, he sought out antique stores, art fairs, and major auction houses — ultimately forging a vast collection.

The Collecting Eye of Seymour Stein, Sotheby’s 2003 auction showcased Stein’s interest in Art Deco furniture and porcelain, metalwork and glassware, European Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Works from the distinguished collection were also included in Sotheby’s 2018, Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, auction.

Seymour Stein passed on April 2nd, 2023