Jacques PREVERT - Fiesta of good magicians, Antibes, 1965 - Original collage

Jacques PREVERT (1900 - 1977), French poet and screenwriter Fiesta of good magicians, Antibes - 1965 Rare original collage on paper signed, dated (summer 1965), titled and dedicated to his friend Baudy at the top right, 31 x 47 cm. Composition representing large lizards emerging from a medieval tapestry to climb happily on three chairs. The poet Prévert titled this imaginary reptilian dance, the “fiesta of good magicians”. Prévert was generous with his friends, he gave books, but also his famous collages, as here to his friend François Baudy, an antique dealer, whom he visited in the company of his friends Picasso, Chagall, Mouloudji. Jacques Prévert has built his reputation as a visual artist around his splendid surrealist collages, tinged with poetry, which have been the subject of several exhibitions.

Dimensions :
- Height : 31 cm
- Width : 47 cm