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Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas III

c.1980

About the Item

This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas II" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.5 x 18 inches, framed size is 36 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist:   Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting, she gave art exhibitions as well as concerts. It had been her desire to pursue both, however the two careers were so demanding that a choice had to be made. Boulanger decided to devote herself to her creative expression through painting.    While in Buenos Aires she had two of the most significant meetings of her life. She met Claude Boulanger, the French diplomat whom she would later marry, and saw her first etching by Johnny Friedlaender, considered to be one of the finest engravers in the world. As a result, she studied with Friedlaender at his Paris studio from 1961 until 1968.  Her work has gained international fame and success and since her first one-woman show in Vienna in 1953, she has worked in many other mediums including etching, lithography, watercolor, pastel, and sculpture. In 1979 UNICEF designated her as their official artist for her “Year of the Child” poster. Also, two of her tapestries were presented in the public hall of the U.N. General Assembly. The Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington DC gave her a retrospective show of her oeuvre in 1983. In 1986, the Metropolitan Opera of New York commissioned her to do the poster for their production of Mozart’s “Magic Flute,” and a show of her paintings with opera and ballet themes was held by the art gallery of Lincoln Center. Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn honored. Graciela Boulanger by declaring October 16, 1987th as “Graciela Rodo Boulanger Day”, USA. In 1993, the World Federation of the United Nations chose to use one of her oil paintings, “Viaje Imaginario,” to illustrate a stamp issue and accompanying limited-edition print with the theme of endangered species. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C.; the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris; the Museum of Modern Art in La Paz; and the Modern Art Center in Zurich, to name a few.     SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2008   Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2004   Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1990   Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1986   Art Gallery of Lincoln Center 1983   Tapestries were presented in the public hall of the U.N. General Assembly 1983   The Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington, D.C. 1953   First one-woman show in Vienna
  • Creator:
    Graciela Rodo Boulanger (1935, Bolivian)
  • Creation Year:
    c.1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 30.75 in (78.11 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: bou/bal/031stDibs: LU66639827732
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