Adolf Reinhold Hallman, Lautréamont, China Ink Drawing, Mid-20th Century

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Lautréamont is original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman. … more Lautréamont is original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman. Titled on the lower left in pencil. On the back the green ink stamp "Made in U.S.A", the name of the artist, New York City. The state of preservation is good. Lautréamont is pseudonym of Isidore-Lucien Ducasse (1846- 1870), a French poet. His works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern literature, especially on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Adolf Hallman (1893 – 1968) was a Swedish illustrator who sensibly contributed to Swedish, Danish and Norwegian newspapers and magazines, including Tidens Tegn, Dagbladet, Exlex and Politiken. Among his books is På Boulevard Europa. He illustrated editions of Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal and Guy de Maupassant's Boule de Suif. 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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