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Elizabeth Taggart
SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
Lot 29
Price Realised:
€14,000
Estimate:
€6,000 - €9,000
Elizabeth Taggart, 1943
THE SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" (121.9 x 91.4cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1998-2004 verso.
Provenance: The Artists' Collection.
In the early 1970s I was asked to exhibit some painti... Read more
Lot 29
Elizabeth Taggart
SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
THE SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" (121.9 x 91.4cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1998-2004 verso.
Provenance: The Artists' Collection.
In the early 1970s I was asked to exhibit some painti... Read more
Lot 29
Elizabeth Taggart
SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
Estimate:
€6,000 - €9,000
Elizabeth Taggart, 1943
THE SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" (121.9 x 91.4cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1998-2004 verso.
Provenance: The Artists' Collection.
In the early 1970s I was asked to exhibit some paintings in the World Trade Centre in New Orleans and thus began a long association with the "Big Easy" the affectionate nickname of that small hot and steamy city perched on the banks of the Mississippi. It was a great mixing pot of eccentric bohemians drawn to that extraordinarily diverse place.
Bourbon Street with the endless jazz clubs and sleazy bars and aspiring performers of dubious talent and sexual orientation was a fertile starting place for me to try and capture some of that atmosphere in my own work.
One evening after a jazz session in Preservation Hall I was eating southern fried chicken in a friend's kitchen in the French Quarter. I spied some Leonora Carrington studies hanging in a gloomy corner. At that time in the 70s I had seen little of her work and was so intrigued to discover her story and that she had lived and painted in Mexico City for many years and had been a muse and companion in Europe to Max Ernst before fleeing overseas. I was fascinated by her surrealism and was about to travel on to Mexico for the first time to see the work of Kahlo and Rivera and other Mexican artists and so it was a fitting introduction to see that small collection of Carringtons in a rather unexpected place.
"The Singer in the Land of Dreams" was painted many years later after several more visits to New Orleans and is a visual summary of my enjoyment of that very unusual and bizarre place that feels both real and other worldly all at once. Regularly I will play in my studio when I'm painting, very loudly, some good old fashioned New Orleans jazz.
Elizabeth Taggart in conversation with John deVere White.
THE SINGER IN A LAND OF DREAMS
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" (121.9 x 91.4cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 1998-2004 verso.
Provenance: The Artists' Collection.
In the early 1970s I was asked to exhibit some paintings in the World Trade Centre in New Orleans and thus began a long association with the "Big Easy" the affectionate nickname of that small hot and steamy city perched on the banks of the Mississippi. It was a great mixing pot of eccentric bohemians drawn to that extraordinarily diverse place.
Bourbon Street with the endless jazz clubs and sleazy bars and aspiring performers of dubious talent and sexual orientation was a fertile starting place for me to try and capture some of that atmosphere in my own work.
One evening after a jazz session in Preservation Hall I was eating southern fried chicken in a friend's kitchen in the French Quarter. I spied some Leonora Carrington studies hanging in a gloomy corner. At that time in the 70s I had seen little of her work and was so intrigued to discover her story and that she had lived and painted in Mexico City for many years and had been a muse and companion in Europe to Max Ernst before fleeing overseas. I was fascinated by her surrealism and was about to travel on to Mexico for the first time to see the work of Kahlo and Rivera and other Mexican artists and so it was a fitting introduction to see that small collection of Carringtons in a rather unexpected place.
"The Singer in the Land of Dreams" was painted many years later after several more visits to New Orleans and is a visual summary of my enjoyment of that very unusual and bizarre place that feels both real and other worldly all at once. Regularly I will play in my studio when I'm painting, very loudly, some good old fashioned New Orleans jazz.
Elizabeth Taggart in conversation with John deVere White.
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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