Title: Guy Nicod; Wine Bottles Wooden Crate And Red Wine Glasses French Still Life Watercolour Description: Title: Wine Bottles Wooden Crate And Red Wine Glasses French Still Life Watercolour Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size: 18.75 x 25.25 inches (height x width) Provenance: Artists estate, France Condition: good; paper shows age toning, light edge wear, and handling marks consistent with period Description: This atmospheric watercolour still life by French artist Guy Nicod revisits a subject the artist clearly found inspiring: the rustic wooden crate brimming with wine bottles. Unlike his bolder gouache interpretation of the same arrangement, here Nicod employs a more muted and earthy palette, allowing washes of green, brown, and ochre to evoke the patina of cellar-aged glass and weathered wood. The scene is infused with texture and tonal variation, from the rich ruby of two filled wine glasses to the organic tree-like form that leans against the backdrop, echoing the rawness of the materials. Nicod’s layering of transparent washes creates a sense of depth and quiet shadow, suggestive of a dimly lit corner where bottles await opening. The loose, sketch-like handling brings a natural immediacy, blurring the line between preparatory study and finished artwork. As a pair with the gouache version of this motif, this piece highlights Nicod’s exploration of material and mood — one crisp and modernist, the other atmospheric and earthy. Collectors of French modernist still life and wine-related art will find strong appeal in this work, both for its subject and its authentic mid-century execution.
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