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Georges Hugnet, “Tout beau mon Coeur” 1952
GEORGES HUGNET (1906-1974) France
“Tout beau mon Coeur” 1952
Four full-page color lithographs.
Limited edition of 50/50.
Signed: Georges Hugnet
Published by Pierre Seghers, Paris 1952.
Dimensions:
Book: H: 7 3/8” x W: 4 3/8”
Custom leather box: H: 10 1/16” x W: 6 1/8” x D: 1 ¼”
Custom silk slipcase: H: 10 7/8” x W: 6 1/2” D: 2 ½”
Well-known as a writer, critic, collage artist, friend to the Dada and Surrealist movements and bookbinder, Hugnet wrote and illustrated many books, though rarely in the lithographic medium. This is a reissue of his poems first published in 1946, illustrated with his own lithographs.
Georges Hugnet, “Tout beau mon Coeur” 1952
ANTONIO PIÑEDA (1919-2009) Taxco, Mexico
Creamer and sugar c.1960
Handwrought sterling silver with an attenuated and scalloped form, wood finial
Marks: Mexican Eagle silver standard mark, Antonio Taxco (crown mark), 930, STERLING SILVER
Exhibited: Triennale di Milano 1960
JULIUS DRESSLER Biela, Czech Republic
JULIUS DRESSLER BIELA (1888-1945) Czech Republic
Bowl 1910
Black and white glazed earthenware with three ball feet
Marks: JDB, 7764 (underglaze)
H: 4 7/8” x D base: 10 7/8”
Price: $3,750
Julius Dressler was a noted Bohemian ceramics manufacturing company that operated from the late 19th century until the end of World War II. Founded by Julius Dressler in the 1880s in Biela, Bohemia, the company produced high-quality decorative faience, Maiolica and porcelain ware. Dressler gained international renown for the ceramics it produced in the early 1900s in the Art Nouveau style, also known as “Jugendstil” or “Secessionist” ware.