Julio Le Parc

Serie 23 no. 14-4, Serigraph, edition 157 of 200

1971

"Genesis Americana 2-6" 1982 Serigraph Ed. 84 of 92 26 x 20 in These are five prints from the series "Genesis Americana" by the artist in 1982. They are numbered from 2 to 6, and ea...

Gina Pellón (1926-2014) "Untitled" Lithograph 30 x 20 in Signed by the artist at the bottom right corner

An original etching, aquatint, dry-point and carborundum by Joan Miro, 1969. It is hand signed and numbered H.C. aside the edition of 75 copies on Arches, plus some H.C. copies. The...

Stanley William Hayter, 'Danse du Soleil (Danseuse du Soleil; Sun Dance; Sun Dancer)', color engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper; 1 of 10 artist's proofs, edition 200, 1951, Black & Moorhead 197. Signed and annotated 'Epreuve d’Artiste II/XII' in pencil. Inscribed 'Pour Nesto Jacometti avec amitié' in pencil, in the artist’s hand. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on handmade Arches cream wove paper; full margins (2 3/4 to 4 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 15 7/16 x 9 7/16 inches; sheet size 22 1/4 x 15 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Printed by Hayter and Atelier 17. Published by La Guilde Internationale de la Gravure, Geneva. Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the British Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen Phillips...