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Un Plan de Travail en Amérique Latine (A Working Plan in Latin America) is the main content of this autograph correspondance between Jean-Pierre Guillermet and Nesto Jacometti. Com...

Costa Rica-Japon-India-France is a superbe Correspondance between Jean-Pierre Guillermet (Porrentruy, Switzerland, 1921- San José 2017) to Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898- 1973). Co...

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Jean-Pierre Guillermet to Nesto Jacometti. San José, March 15th, 1960. Three pages, double-sided. In French. Excellent conditions, perfectly readable. This is a long letter of report written from San José, Costa Rica, by the Swiss artist, Jean- Pierre Guillermet, to the Swiss graphic art editor and collector Nesto Jacometti. A letter thatt reveals the "adaptation" of the European artist in Costa Rica, a tropical island that ignores the engraving art.With more upcoming projects in San Paolo, Colombia, Guillermet is preparing for the birth of his frst child in France. Jean-Pierre Guillermet (Porrentruy, Switzerland, 1921- San José 2017) The Swiss artist, best-known as painter, wood-engraver, lithographer, he realized murals and tapestries. His artistic career grew up during the 1950s and was strongly influenced by Abstract Expressionism atmosphere. Lover of travels, he explores Mexico during the Sisties and makes contacts with Japan. Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898- 1973) Nesto Jacometti is still today a fascinating figure of the Locano and International cultural scene of the last century. Collector and editor of graphic art, he was the promoter of two important editorial projects and adventures: the Guilde Internationale de la Gravure and L’Oeuvre Gravée. Born in Locarno at the end of the 19th century, at the age of 30 he left Ticino to move to Paris and immerse himself in the bohemian atmosphere of Montparnasse. The war forces him to return to Switzerland, to Geneva, where he works in the journalistic field and he knows figures as Albert Skira and Pierre Cailler. With the latter one a collaboration born and resulted, in 1949, in a printing guild: an edition of etchings and lithographs destined for a wide circulation of the Paris School. During all his life, Jacometti collaborates and involves artists such as Rufino Tamayo and Jean Lurçat, Antoni Clavé, Zao Wou-Ki, Alfred Manessier, Gustave Singier and Zoran Music...

Joie de Vivre Mexicaine - A.L.S. is a Autograph Letter Signed by Jean-Pierre Guillermet to Nesto Jacometti. Mexico, May 15th, 1961. Three pages, double-sided. In French. Excellent c...

This is the Correspondance between Jean-Pierre Guillermet (Porrentruy, Switzerland, 1921- San José 2017) and Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898- 1973). Composed of 8 items written in Fr...