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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
Jean Serrrière (1893-1968) France
A. Hebrard (closed 1937) Paris
Footed dinanderie bowl, circa 1925
Hand wrought copper with silver incrustations in a repeating triangular motif and contrasting black patination on a rich brown ground.
Marks: JS (artists monogram) A. Hebrard, Paris
For more information see: Art et Décoration Revue Mensuelle D’Art Moderne, Tome XLVII. (Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts) p.217; Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940, (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992) p.68, cat.no. 61; La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique Forest and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1995) p.231-233.
H: 4″ x Dia: 6″
Peter Canty received his BA in art from the Chouniard Art Institute, Los Angeles (now California Institute of the Arts) and an MA from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1969. Heavily influenced by the Post-Impressionist masters Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne, in his own he words he describes his interest in landscapes, believing they are, “the best vehicle for motion, force, and color dynamics.” Although his work reference realistic subjects, Canty’s imagery is drawn strictly from his own imagination.