Jean Lurçat

Gouches Et Dessins 1928-1958

Pierre Pauli

1958

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Lavish large-format limited edition of ten drawings and gouaches by Lurçat.

  • Sold as a set of 10.
  • Jean Lurçat (French).
  • Epalinges-Lausanne: Pierre Pauli, 1958.
  • Printed by Daniel Jacomet, with typography by Pierre de Tartas.
  • Ten lithographs with additional untitled lithographed design to cover of table of contents.
  • This copy no. 3A.
  • Limited edition of 290 copies, of which 100 numbered copies were produced for the English-speaking market.
  • Leaves housed in original light grey and brown decorative cloth portfolio designed by the artist.


"[Lurçat] attached great importance to the nature of his materials, choosing watercolor to express the dreamlike (1917 to 1920), oil for his 'major' paintings (1925 to 1931), and gouache for the work of his twilight painting years." (Denizeau)

Eight of Lurçat's vivid gouaches and two drawings, including several landscapes, figural studies and one superb owl (No. 8: La chouette verte), with an additional untitled lithographed design in brilliant blue preceding the table of contents.

Literature

Gerard Denizeau, Jean Lurçat (1892-1966).

Weaver, The Symbolic and the Poetic: Jean Lurçat.

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Dimensions

Height: 20 inches / 50.8 cm
Width: 15.75 inches / 40.01 cm

Language

French

Subject

Art, Illustrated, Prints and colour plate

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