Event Date28 JAN – 11 FEB 2021 | Online 19976

Jean Cortot

Paris
Closed
Sale Total EUR 103,750

28 JAN – 11 FEB 2021

Sale Overview

Jean Cortot by Pierre-François Garcier

From January 28 to February 11, Christie’s Paris takes you to the imaginary library of Jean Cortot, painter of words.

Through a selection of 30 works chosen directly from the artist’s studio by Pierre-François Garcier, independent gallery owner specialized in post-war painters, this retrospective online sale recounts different periods of the painter’s career, recognized since 1965 by the use of letter in most of his paintings.

Throughout his life, Cortot would never cease to appropriate the prose of his favourite writers in order to make a new work of it. Transposed on canvas, paper or panel, the words of Paul Morand, or TS Eliot are the notes of the artist’s pictorial score. Son of pianist Alfred Cortot, Jean Cortot evolved very young in literary circles and notably frequented Paul Valery, to whom he dedicated several paintings.

Attached to French heritage, the painter became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2001. Although he draws his primary source of inspiration from literature, Cortot is also inspired by mythology, as Pasiphae testifies, borrowing his name from the Queen of Crete, mother of the Minotaur.

Come and discover a selection of the artist’s works from February 6 to 11 at Christie’s in Paris.

Jean Cortot by Pierre-François Garcier

Du 28 janvier au 11 février, Christie’s vous transporte dans la bibliothèque imaginaire de Jean Cortot, peintre des mots. A travers une sélection de 30 œuvres choisies directement dans l’atelier de l’artiste par Pierre-François Garcier, galeriste indépendant spécialisé dans les peintres après-guerre, cette vente en ligne rétrospective retrace différentes périodes de la carrière du peintre, marquée depuis 1965 par la lettre, dont il infuse tous ses tableaux.

Tout au long de sa vie, Cortot n’aura de cesse de s’approprier la prose de ses écrivains fétiches pour en faire une œuvre nouvelle. Transposés sur toile, papier ou panneau, les mots de Paul Morand, ou de TS Eliot sont les notes de la partition picturale de l’artiste. Fils du pianiste Alfred Cortot, Jean Cortot évolue très jeune dans les milieux littéraires et fréquentera notamment Paul Valery auquel il dédiera plusieurs tableaux. Attaché au patrimoine français, le peintre deviendra membre de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts en 2001.

S’il puise sa source première d’inspiration dans la littérature, Cortot se nourrie également de mythologie, dont Pasiphaetémoigne, empruntant son nom à la reine de Crète, mère du Minotaure. Venez découvrir une sélection des œuvres de l’artiste du 6 au 11 février chez Christie’s à Paris.

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