Max Gubler - Correspondence - 1949

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This Correspondance between Max Gubler and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1949, in French, is in excellent conditions and includes 3 … more This Correspondance between Max Gubler and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1949, in French, is in excellent conditions and includes 3 items: Autograph Letter Signed by Max Gubler. Not dated. One page, double-sided, Signed ''Max''. Typewritten Letter Signed (in carbn copy) by Nesto Jacometti. November 26th 1949. One page, single-sided. With some discolorations , stains on the margins. Perfectly readable. Autograph Postcard Signed by M. Gubler. Geneve, December 3rd 1949. Signed Max. Interesting correspondance between the Swiss artist and his graphic art editor, concerning new artistic proposal, rich of technical details: committments, circulation, prices of Gubler's lithographies, and a proposal of a personal exhibition of the artist at Galerie de France. Collect this correspondance and discover the everyday life of Max Gubler through his writings! Max Gubler (Zürich,1898-1973) The artist, Max Gubler, is best-known as the “only genius of the Swiss painting” and as landscape painter of on Lipari island, where he lived from 1923-27. From 1930 to 1937 he lived in Paris, before returning to Zürich. He experimented various contemporary styles, until developing his own personal style of landscape. Later he turned to abstraction, but continued to use bright colours. He is still today remebered for a series of pastel illustrations for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea he realized in 1956. After his death a retrospective was held at the Kunsthaus Zurich in 1975. Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898- 1973) Nesto Jacometti is still today a fascinating figure of the Locano and International cultural scene of the last century. Collector and editor of graphic art, he was the promoter of two important editorial projects and adventures: the Guilde Internationale de la Gravure and L’Oeuvre Gravée Born in Locarno at the end of the 19th century, at the age of 30 he left Ticino to move to Paris and immerse himself in the bohemian atmosphere of Montparnasse. The war forces him to return to Switzerland, to Geneva, where he works in the journalistic field and he knows figures as Albert Skira and Pierre Cailler. With the latter one a collaboration born and resulted, in 1949, in a printing guild: an edition of etchings and lithographs destined for a wide circulation of the Paris School. During all his life, Jacometti collaborates and involves artists such as Rufino Tamayo and Jean Lurçat, Antoni Clavé, Zao Wou-Ki, Alfred Manessier, Gustave Singier and Zoran Music. He was awarded at the Venice Biennale in 1953, with the Critics' Grand Prix.In 1955 Jacometti engaged in the new publishing initiative, L'Oeuvre Gravée, calling new prestigious names on the Parisian art scene. Many artists owe their initiation to the art of engraving to him: Marino Marini, Massimo Campigli, Zao Wou-Ki, Johnny Friedlaender, Corneille, Max Ernst and Alberto Magnelli. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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