André VERDET : Paradise - Original signed lithograph
Paradise
Original lithograph
Pencil signed, dated and numbered
Limited edtion at only 125 copies (number shown on the picture may be different)
On Rives BFK Vellum paper
Size: 33,5 x 23,5 cm approximately
Edition : 1992 (125 copies)
Artwork delivered with a certificate of authenticity
In perfect condition
Never framed
André Verdet :
(1913-2004) was a poet, painter, sculptor, and ceramist. He lived his whole life in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, from 1918 until his death in 2004. He was acquainted with the most of the important artists of his time, Jean Giono, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Fernand Léger, Édouard Pignon, Paul Éluard, Brajo Fuso, Alberto Magnelli , Jacques Prévert, Jon Anderson... He was a great and active resistant during World War II. He got arrested in 1944 by the Gestapo, jailed at the Fresnes prison, sent to Compiègne camps, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, before being freed in 1945. He was officer of the Legion of Honnour, received the medal of Resistance and Deportation, and commander of Arts and Litterature (commandeur des Arts et des Lettres).
Les Abattoirs - FRAC Midi Pyrénées (France)
Artothèque de Brest (France)
Centre national des arts plastiques (France)
Haggerty Museum at Marquette University (The USA)
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