Apel·les Fenosa, Tramontane, Souvenirs Et Portraits D'artistes, 1972

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Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes, … Read more Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes, 1972. Published by Fernand Mourlot, Éditeur, Paris, Alain A.C. Mazo, Éditeur, Paris, Leon Amiel, Éditeur, New-York; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, April 5, 1972. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Printing completed in Paris on April 5, 1972, this folio was printed on vélin d'Arches in DCCC numbered examples. Examples have also been printed for the artists, friends and collaborators of this project. The original lithographs were printed by Mourlot and the typography is by Fequet and Baudier. Alain A.C. Mazo, Paris, and Leon Amiel, New York, publishers.

APEL.LES FENOSA (1899-1988) is linked to those of the great poets of the 20th century: Max Jacob, who presented his first exhibition at Galerie Percier in 1921; Jean Cocteau; Jules Supervielle; Louis Aragon; Francis Ponge; and Henri Michaux. His work has a fundamentally lyrical component and has been discussed in terms of primal expression, embodying a magical palpitation of matter and poetry. In his sketches, Fenosa combined imprecise fine lines with the bold and decided strokes of a sculptor’s drawing. In 1920 he settled in France fleeing from the war in Morocco. He frequented artistic circles and discovered the collections of Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaic Greek Sculpture at the Louvre Museum and Musée Guimet. Picasso became his main supporter. Fenosa lived in Barcelona during the years of the Spanish Republic and participated in the preservation of artistic heritage during the Spanish Civil War. In 1939 he was exiled in France and worked intently on public sculpture projects and international exhibitions. See less