Portrait de Femme

Laurent Salinas (After Toulouse-Lautrec)

Verlag: Societe des Amis du Musee d'Albi

Beschreibung

Laurent Salinas (After Toulouse-Lautrec) Portrait de Femme Lithograph, Museum Stamped and numbered in pencil on Arches watermarked paper Limited Edition 992 of 1500 Image Size: approx 20 x 16 1/2 inches Size: 25 in. x 19 in. Long after that Toulouse Lautrec's death, in fact decades later, it was decided to employ the talented Egyptian-French artist and lithographer LAURENT MARCEL SALINAS (1913-2010) to create a series of limited edition lithographs. The present work is one of those results. It was issued in an edition of 1500 examples, of which this is number 992. The work is numbered at lower left and is pencil signed at lower right by Salinas, next to the circular red stamp of the Societe des Amis du Musee d'Albi (the museum closely associated with the works and legacy of Toulouse-Lautrec). I. Salinas was born in Alexandria, Egypt to elite French and Italian parents. Early in his life there was a significant expatriate community of stimulating artists there, but by mid century, a revolution threatening, foreigners were expelled in large numbers and he and his family returned to Europe. Salinas was able to study visual theory and practice in France with the famous instructor Andre Lhote. Salinas was himself painting still life works, with a modernist bent, but by the late 1950's, in Paris, he was desperate for funds. A chance job in lithography turned him in a new direction; it turned out that he was highly talented in that direction. Soon he was attracting the attention of the likes of Max Ernst, Magritte, Ludwig Bemelmans and others, and he was a familiar figure within the artist community of Paris, associating closely with many now-famous names. By 1969 Salinas was collaborating with Picasso himself on an ambitious project, creating lithographic interpretations of the "29 Portraits Imaginaires" works. The artist was highly respected by Picasso, and the pairing is considered perhaps the most successful collaboration between the master and another artist. "some light handling wear nad a few spots, crease lower right ,dark line at top can be matted out" see my other Salinas Lautrec works too. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1692102770899

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Portrait de Femme

Verlag: Societe des Amis du Musee d'Albi

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers