Rating and value of works, drawings, sculptures by Ossip Zadkine

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Rating and value of Zadkine's works  

Ossip Zadkine's works are highly prized items at auction. They are collected by bidders of all nationalities. Nowadays, prices for these objects can rise considerably under the auctioneer's hammer. Oils on canvas are particularly popular, with buyers from all over the world. The price at which they sell on the art market ranges from €20 to €768,900, at the moment, a consequent discrepancy but one that says a lot about the value that can be attributed to these works. In 2013, the sculpture Tête d'homme, dating from 1919 sold for €768,900, while it was estimated at between €174,750 and €291,250.

Order of value from a single work to the most prestigious

Style and technique by artist Ossip Zadkine   

Zadkine's creations are steeped in abstract art. He drew his inspiration from multiple references. He produced a few oils on canvas, but also used gouache extensively, even though most of his works are sculptures.

The life of Ossip Zadkine   

Ossip Zakedine was a Russian artist born in 1888 in Vitebsk.

He left early on his father's orders to study English in Sunderland, northern England. He spent much time at the British Museum once he settled in London, where he studied classical sculpture. He rubbed shoulders with Sonia Delaunay, Picasso, Bourdelle and Matisse. His artistic output was to be heavily influenced by Cubism, and he became friends with Amedeo Modigliani.

When the First World War broke out, he was assigned to a Russian ambulance in the Légion Étrangère. This experience inspired him to paint many watercolors about the war. He traveled to Italy, exhibited in Tokyo and was bought by museums during his lifetime. The Barbazanges gallery devoted a retrospective to him in 1925. He moved to rue d'Assas in 1928, where he also set up his studio. Together with his wife, Valentine Prax, Zadkine acquires a country house in the Lot, where he stays when he's not in Paris.

During the Second World War, he goes into exile in the United States, as he is of Jewish origin. He taught there during the occupation and then returned to teach at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. He continued to produce during this time, creating works in homage to Van Gogh. He continues to exhibit in the United States, Japan and Canada.

He dies in Neuilly sur Seine in 1967, aged 79.

The success of Ossip Zadkine's works at auction  

Zadkine's inventiveness and the exceptional quality of his works make him an essential draughtsman and sculptor of twentieth-century abstract art. His residence on rue d'Assas is now a museum in his honor.

The auction market itself plays a role. Auctions offer a competitive setting where collectors and art enthusiasts can vie to acquire unique pieces. This can lead to overbidding and push prices up, contributing to the success of Zadkine's works at auction.

Recognizing the artist's signature

Zadkine didn't always sign his works. Here's an example of his signature on the work above.

To know the value of a work by Zadkine  

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