Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) The ants -2002

Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Men and women, 2002 etching on paper hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition This etching by François Xavier La...

Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) The snail, 2002 lithograph hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition This lithograph by François Xavier Lalanne dep...

Techniques : vernis mou et pointe sèche sur papier, signé au crayon par François Xavier Lalanne, en parfait état. Dimensions du papier : 38 x...

Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Men and woman, 2002 etching on paper hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition This etching by François Xavier Lal...

François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Actéon, 2005 Techniques : aquatint and soft varnish on paper, hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition Dimensions ...

A lithograph by Pierre Olofsson, dated 1995. This particular lithograph is part of Olofsson's own edition EA (épreuve d'artiste), which constitutes approximately 10% of the original ...

Fred Deux - Grey IV - Signed Original Etching Signed and Numbered Edition of 100 Dimensions: 24 x 14 cm Fred Deux Fred Deux, illustrator, oral poet, writer, and, under the pseudonym Jean Douassot, author of a cult book, La Gana, was a singular artist who cannot be categorised in terms of art fashions and trends. This autodidact, born in the basement of a large house in Boulogne-Billancourt to a working-class family, constantly had to overcome, as he would say. “He had to overcome”: overcome the basement walls to access the life which called him and burnt inside him. Overcome the barriers between the arts, moving from drawing to the written word, and from the page to the tape recorder, in the face of which he recounted stories to himself in a sort of endless reverie, constantly exploring the unknown in him. Overcoming and being overcome: gradually immersing himself in drawing, so that it was life itself which overcame him and surrendered to him. Timeline 1924 Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. The Deux family lived in the basement of a building close to the Seine that was often flooded. These living conditions formed the biographical core around in which the artist would develop his work as a future writer and artist. 1942 Deux worked in a factory as an electrician and night guard. 1943 Deux becomes part of the FTP group to resist against the factory. And then joined the Maquis du Doubs. 1945 At the liberation, Deux joined the Moroccan Goumier, and took part of the campaigns of Vosges, Alsace and Germany. 1947 Returned to France. Installation in Marseille. Worked in an important library that belonged to the family of his wife. 1948 Discovered Breton, Bataille, Cendrars, Peret, Sade... and founded the sub-group of Surrealists in Marseille and formed a link with the literary magazine of Marseille, Cahiers du Sud Encounters the works of Paul Klee. He begins creating his first stains with paint for bicycle and impressions (fabric and ink). At the same time, he begins to take notes for what would become "Les Rats", first version of "La Gana". 1951 Meets Cecile Reims...

José Luis Caballero (Spanish, 1916–1991), Untitled Lithograph VI/XXV An original lithograph in colors by José Luis Caballero (Spanish, 1916–1991), an esteemed artist renowned for hi...