Edouard GOERG - Paradis surréaliste, 1946 - Etching
Paradis surréaliste, 1946
Etching on Vélin de Rives BFK paper.
One of the 262 copies on Vélin de Rives BFK paper, out of a total edition of 300.
Signed on the plate lower margin.
Dimensions:
+ Size of the sheet: 32,5 x 25 cm / 12,7 x 9,8 in.
+ Size of the image: 29 x 19,5 cm / 11,4 x 7,6 in.
Condition: In very good condition, with soft handling creases at the edges and some minor stains in the margins. Image very clean otherwise.
Issued from the in-4 "Alternance", an anthology of 16 unpublished texts by multiple authors such as Paul Éluard and Jean Cassou, illustrated by Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, Daragnès, Laboureur, Édouard Goerg, Marie Laurencin, Jacques Villon, and more.
Printed by Quesneville.
Edited by Le Gerbier, Paris.
This in-4 is numbered 99/300. Please note that the plate your purchase is NOT numbered.
Dimensions :
- Height : 32,5 cm
- Width : 25 cm
Etching :
Process realized on a metal plate using a chemical (acid) process. The artist using etching is called an aquafortist.
Jacques Villon :
(1875-1963) is a french cubist painter, and is the brother of Marcel Duchamp. He chose the pseudonym de Villon in tribute to the poet François Villon. He started his artistic career with engraving and illustration. In the beginning of the 1900's, he is influenced by Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Some years later, he is part of the group of Puteaux. His work includes more than 700 canvases. Aged 82, he realised 5 stain-glass windows of the Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Metz. His works are included in the collections of the biggest museums in France, Japan, USA, Italy, Australia, Mexico, Portugal, Great Britain...
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