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Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), Lithograph, ‘Ces messieurs’, 1984
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Lithograph in colors on wove paper
France, 1984
Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994) – Romanian-French writer, painter and printmaker
Signed lower right in pencil ‘Eugène Ionesco’
Inscribed lower left in pencil ‘H.C.’
Image dimensions: 35 x 65 cm
Eugène Ionesco's works oscillate between representation and abstraction; in bold colors, he focuses on human conflicts and contradictions, sometimes of aggressive sometimes of subtly humorous nature. His prints fetch up to 1,200 euro at international auctions
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Drawn in black, lively line simplified-abstracted figures fill the clear vertical-format sheet of this lithograph in colors. Vivid Red, bright green, yellow and turquoise set colorful accents. This print was published by Erker-Gallery in St. Gallen.
The litghograph in colors is signed lower right in pencil ‘Eugène Ionesco’ and inscribed lower left in pencil ‘H.C.’. The sheet is in very good condition. The image measures 35 x 65 cm, the sheet 67.9 x 38.3 cm.
Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994)
Eugène Ionesco was born in 1909 in the Romanian town of Slatina, but in 1913 the family moved to Paris. Early the artist showed an interest in literature and studied from 1928 French at the University of Bucharest. Besides, he wrote poetry, articles for the feuilleton and literary criticism. After studying Ionesco taught in schools until 1938 and then went back to France to do a doctorate. After a brief return to Romania in 1942, he moved permanently to France, where then in 1948 his first play was created, which was first performed in 1950. In the 1980s, Ionesco became ill with depression, and began painting as therapy. Also many prints origin from this period. (fea)
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