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Lot 101
  • 101

Antoni Clavé, b. 1913

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Description

  • Antoni Clavé
  • untitled
  • signed and dated 53; signed, dated 53 and inscribed étude d'illustration pour "gargantua" 1953 on the reverse
  • gouache, watercolour, pen and ink on paper
  • 21.5x22cm.; 8½x8¾in.

Catalogue Note

"In 1950, Antoni Clavé penetrated the Middle Ages and developed his painting into a poetic evocation of the medieval miniature.  He idealised the naturalisation of the object (...) and began to illustrate Gargantua by Rabelais, whose influence was to inspire his new style." (Jean Cassou, Antoni Clavé, Barcelona, 1960, unpaged)