Emile Gallois

Indonesian Costume - Lithograph by Emile Gallois - Mid-20th Century

Mid-20th Century

Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes. Signed in the plate. Published by H. Laurens, Paris. Very good cond...

Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes. Signed in the plate. Published by H. Laurens, Paris. Very good cond...

Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes. Signed in the plate. Published by H. Laurens, Paris. Very good cond...

Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes. Signed in the plate. Published by H. Laurens, Paris. Very good cond...

Antique print of Javanese women in a local dress. Also depicted are Javanese men in local costume carrying a dagger and one is holding a bludgeon. This print originates from 'Il Cost...

Theo Meier (1908-1982) “A Balinese woman with offerings” Signed, dated '36 and annotated Mankok (the name of the sitter) lower left Sanguine on paper, measures: 57 x 41.5 cm In a handmade and hand painted frame with address: Max Kno¨ll, Herberggasse 4/1, Basel. Provenance: Private collection, Basel (acquired directly from the artist) Private collection, London Note: Theo Meier was born in Basel, where he attended art school and became a successful portrait painter. However, after visiting an exhibition in Basel of Tahitian paintings by Paul Gaugin, he decided to follow in Gaugin’s footsteps and go to the South Pacific. To finance his voyage, he founded a club in which every member pledged a monthly sum in return of which they could choose one of Meier’s paintings upon his return. In 1932, at the age of 24, he embarked on his voyage to the South Sea. In Tahiti, he certainly discovered the beauty of the colours of the tropical world but the simplicity of the inhabitants, he had seen in Gaugin’s paintings turned out to be more in the artist’s fantasy than in reality. He returned to Basel but in 1935 again was on his way to the South Sea. In 1936 he arrived in Bali, planning to stay there for two or three weeks, but thirty years later he was still there. In Bali “a delirium laid hold of me which even today has not subsided”, he was to write much later. The present drawing was made during his first “delirius” year in Bali. In Bali, he settled and found inspiration and friendship with other artists including Walter Spies...

Ida Bagoes Ketut Diding, Artist on bali 1937 Signed with initials, dated and titled, bottom centre Black chalk on paper, 29 x 31 cm Literature: Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W....

This print originates from the first volume of ‘De Volken van den Aardbodem (..)’ by dr. H. Berghaus. Published by G.B. van Goor, Gouda, 1855. Dutch edition.