Ossip Zadkine

(Belarusian/French, 1890–1967)

Ossip Zadkine was a French-Russian artist known for his figurative-Cubist sculptures. His works feature aesthetic qualities inspired by ancient African and Mediterranean art. “Whatever the apparent aim of the artist, he is called upon first to move the spectator,” he said. “His predilections, his preferences, crystallize afterwards in the choice of means to interpret those natural objects; these means are always, obligingly, of imaginary essence.” Born on July 4, 1890 in Vitsebsk, Belarus, the artist emigrated to Paris at the age of 20. While studying at the École des Beaux-Arts he discovered the work of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Turning towards politically-motivated subjects following his service in the French military during World War I. Zadkine’s late sculpture The Destroyed City (1953), conveys the horrible destruction of Rotterdam by Nazi bombers. The artist had achieved considerable acclaim by his death on November 25, 1967 in Paris, France. Today, his works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Drawings and Works on Paper, Impressionist and Modern Art, Prints and Multiples, Sculpture

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Alexander Archipenko, Antoine Bourdelle, Georges Braque, Jacques Lipchitz, Pablo Picasso

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Couples, 1966

Ossip Zadkine

Couples, 1966

Plazzart

400 EUR

Trio des musiciens / Trio of Musicians, 1916

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Trio des musiciens / Trio of Musicians, 1916

Galerie Orlando

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GROUP PORTRAIT, 1920

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GROUP PORTRAIT, 1920

Russian Art Salon

2,000 USD

Nu couchée/Model sur le lit / Nude...

Ossip Zadkine

Nu couchée/Model sur le lit / Nude...

Galerie Orlando

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Couple dans une Chambre (couple in a room), 1919

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Couple dans une Chambre (couple in a room), 1919

Galerie des Modernes

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Le Couple, 1921

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Le Couple, 1921

Galerie Orlando

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Knight

Ossip Zadkine

Knight

Russian Art Salon

3,000 USD

Guillaume Apollinaire 'Sept Calligrammes..., 1967

Ossip Zadkine

Guillaume Apollinaire 'Sept Calligrammes..., 1967

Pangolin London

5,000 GBP

Le merveilleux radeau, 1966

Ossip Zadkine

Le merveilleux radeau, 1966

Sylvan Cole Gallery

275 EUR

Deux figures, 1967

Ossip Zadkine

Deux figures, 1967

Sylvan Cole Gallery

275 EUR

UNTITLED, 1938

Ossip Zadkine

UNTITLED, 1938

The Court Gallery

475 GBP

Tate Gallery Exhibition, 1961

Ossip Zadkine

Tate Gallery Exhibition, 1961

Alpha 137 Gallery

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Galerie Im Erker Exhibition (Hand Signed), 1961

Ossip Zadkine

Galerie Im Erker Exhibition (Hand Signed), 1961

Alpha 137 Gallery

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Euripides, The Labors of Heracles

Ossip Zadkine

Euripides, The Labors of Heracles

Sale Date: May 9, 2024

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La famille, 1963

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La famille, 1963

Sale Date: May 2, 2024

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Femme assise au luth ou Femme à la voile ou..., 1925

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Femme assise au luth ou Femme à la voile ou..., 1925

Sale Date: April 4, 2024

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Reclining Nude, 1941

Ossip Zadkine

Reclining Nude, 1941

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Ruins of a chuch in the south of France, 1941

Ossip Zadkine

Ruins of a chuch in the south of France, 1941

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Arlequin couché, 1941–1944

Ossip Zadkine

Arlequin couché, 1941–1944

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Geryon (Les travaux d'Hercule), 1960, 1960

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Geryon (Les travaux d'Hercule), 1960, 1960

Sale Date: January 29, 2024

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Le chien de Geryon (Les travaux d'Hercule),..., 1960

Ossip Zadkine

Le chien de Geryon (Les travaux d'Hercule),..., 1960

Sale Date: January 29, 2024

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Le combat avec l'hydre de Lerne (Les travaux , 1960

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Le combat avec l'hydre de Lerne (Les travaux , 1960

Sale Date: January 29, 2024

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La liseuse, 1947

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La liseuse, 1947

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Les trois baigneuses, 1928

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Les trois baigneuses, 1928

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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