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Françoise GilotThe Reader, Original French Mourlot Modernist Lithograph, 1950s Francois Gilot1951
1951
About the Item
Rare vintage limited edition stone lithograph printed at Mourlot in Paris. This edition was signed in the portfolio and is not individually pencil signed or numbered. Francois Gilot, (1921-) studied English Literature at Cambridge University, and then,
encouraged by her father, studied international law, though she
secretly also took art lessons at the same time. In 1943, during her
first exhibition in Paris, Gilot (then 21) met Pablo Picasso (who was
61) for the first time. In 1946, Gilot started a 10-year relationship
with the notorious womanizer and had two of his children,Claude and
Paloma. As a result of her relationship with Picasso, Gilot "became
both a witness and a participant in one of the last great periods of
the modern art movement in Europe. Their circle included poets,
philosophers, writers, and many of the legends of the art world, such
as Braque, Chagall, Cocteau and Matisse. In 1953, Gilot left Picasso
and the home they shared in Vallauris and moved back to Paris.
"Lithographs are printed from stones and each stone is an echo of my
artistic voice," said Gilot. "Many artists use their art as a personal
catharsis. I have never done that. I am more intellectual. Each
artistic process -- oils, lithographs, monotypes -- allows me a
different freedom and suits a different mood." While Gilot did her
first lithograph in 1950 at the Mourlot Atelier, the same studio used
by Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Jean Miro and Jean Dubuffet,
it was in the 1970s that she really began to experiment with the
process.
"In the beginning I turned to lithography because I wanted to show off
my technical skills. Now I am more interested in color," said Gilot.
"I also thought that lithographs would make my works more accessible
to young collectors." While her oils are priced up to $100,000, her
lithographs begin at $2,000 and her monotypes range from $1,000 to
$2,500.
HONORS
Officier de la Legion d'Honneur, Presidence de la Republique, France
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, Ministere de la Culture, France
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris
Musee Picasso, Antibes, France
National Acadamy of Design, New York
Musee de Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (complete collection of original prints)
SELECTED IMPORTANT EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2012 Françoise Gilot, Paris - Vallauris, 1943 - 1953, The Gagosian
Gallery, New York
Essays: John Richardson, Françoise Gilot, Charles Stuckey and Michael Cory
2011 Françoise Gilot, at 90, Drawings 1941 - 2010, Kunstsammlungen
Chemnitz, Germany
Essays: Françoise Gilot and Louise Tolliver Deutschman (exhibition curator)
2006 Françoise Gilot, Portraits From a Life, The Elkon Gallery Inc., New York
2003 Françoise Gilo
t Painting - Malerei, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany
Edited: Ingrid Mössinger, Director, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz and Beate L. Ritter
Essays: Françoise Gilot
Evelyn Weiss, former Assistant Director, Museum Lugwig, Germany
2000 Françoise Gilot, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris
Essay: James Lord
1998 Françoise Gilot, The Early Years: 1940-1955, The Elkon Gallery,
Inc., New York
Preface: Dina Vierny
DIRECTORSHIPS
1972-1977 Art Director, Virginia Woolf Quarterly, San Diego, California
- Creator:Françoise Gilot (1921, French)
- Creation Year:1951
- Dimensions:Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Good. Minor even edge toning commensurate with age, please see photos.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38215634832
Françoise Gilot
Françoise Gilot studied English Literature at Cambridge University, and then, encouraged by her father, studied international law, though she secretly also took art lessons at the same time.
In 1943, during her first exhibition in Paris, Gilot (then 21) met Pablo Picasso (who was 61) for the first time. In 1946, Gilot started a 10-year relationship with him and had two of his children, Claude and Paloma.
As a result of her relationship with Picasso, Gilot became both a witness and a participant in one of the last great periods of the modern art movement in Europe. Their circle included poets, philosophers, writers, and many of the legends of the art world, such as Braque, Chagall, Cocteau and Matisse.
In 1953, Gilot left Picasso and the home they shared in Vallauris and moved back to Paris.
"Lithographs are printed from stones and each stone is an echo of my artistic voice," said Gilot. "Many artists use their art as a personal catharsis. I have never done that. I am more intellectual. Each artistic process — oils, lithographs, monotypes — allows me a different freedom and suits a different mood."
While Gilot did her first lithograph in 1950 at the Mourlot Atelier, the same studio used by Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró and Jean Dubuffet, it was in the 1970s that she really began to experiment with the process.
"In the beginning, I turned to lithography because I wanted to show off my technical skills. Now I am more interested in color," said Gilot. "I also thought that lithographs would make my works more accessible to young collectors."
Gilot’s work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Musée Picasso and other institutions.
Find original Françoise Gilot prints, watercolor paintings and other art on 1stDibs.
(Biography provided by Lions Gallery)
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