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GLEIZES ALBERT GLEIZES Hand Signed Etching Cubism French

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
GLEIZES ALBERT GLEIZES Hand Signed Etching Cubism French
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ALBERT GLEIZES 1881-1953
Paris 1881-1953 Avignon (French)

Title: The Passion / La Passion, 1949-50

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching on verge de Montval paper.

Paper Size: 33 x 24 cm / 13 x 9.6 in

Image Size: 18 x 13 cm / 7 x 5.1 in

Additional Information: This etching is hand signed by the artist "Albert Gleizes" in the lower right margin.
It is also hand inscribed "Epreuve d'Artiste" (Artist Proof) in the lower left.
This etching was part of a portfolio illustrating the book "Les Pensees" par Blaise Pascal.
However this is a rare and possibily unique hand signed proof that was probably printed aside the book edition as the etchings in the book edition were not signed.

Literature: Varichon, Anne, 1998. Albert Gleizes, Catalogue Raisonné: Vol II, Somogy, Paris.
Reference: Varichon 2390, page 760

Condition: Good Condition. Some discolouration in the margins. One stain in the margins as well as pencil inscription. A blue ink stain a the lower right hand corner.

Note: Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. Pascal's most influential theological work is Pensees where he depicts the relationships between God and Man. Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose.