Ferdinand Bac, the Giant and the Woman, Original Lithograph, 1922

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The Giant and the Woman is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922. Signed … Read more The Giant and the Woman is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922. Signed and dated on plate on the lower left corner: F. Bac 1922. Original Lithograph on ivory paper. Perfect conditions. The Giant and the Woman is an excellent Liberty artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac in the second decade of the XX Century. The work is in full Liberty style and depicts a woman that is running away with a bag in his right hand. To his left, behind, we see a colossal figure with closed eyes and well-defined musculature. The body of the giant is extremely shapely; he has very thick hair and beard. On the back we see the surface of the sea covered by clouds and rocks. This work has been realized the French artist Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952). Ferdinand-Sigismund Bach, known as Ferdinand Bac was a French cartoonist, artist and writer, son of an illegitimate nephew of the Emperor Napoleon. As a young man, he mixed in the fashionable world of Paris of the Belle Époque, and was known for his caricatures, which appeared in popular journals. He also traveled widely in Europe and the Mediterranean. In his fifties, he began a career as a landscape gardener. He attended Adolphe Thiers, Gambetta, Richard Wagner, Victor Hugo, Taine, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Paul Verlaine, Maurice Barrès, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Verdi, Gounod, Pierre de Nolhac, and many more other famous people of the time. He established himself as one of the first cartoonists and caricaturists of his time, as famous as Albert Robida, Job, Sem, Jean-Louis Forain or Caran d'Ache. Ferdinand alternated between Colombières and a beautiful mansion in Compiègne that also belonged to the Ladan-Bockairys. There he met Marcel Proust, Jean Cocteau, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Anna de Noailles. Until the end of his life, Ferdinand Bac continued to travel, write and draw, reflecting on the political and historical development of the world. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
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