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ISABELLE ROUAULT -2 Lithographs French

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ISABELLE ROUAULT -2 Lithographs French
ISABELLE ROUAULT
20th Century (French)

View of a Palmtree - circa 1955
Original Hand Signed Color Lithograph


Title : View of a Palmtree.

Technique : Original Color Lithograph on Vellum d'Arches paper.

Paper size : 66 X 47 cm / 26 X 18.5 inch.

Image size : 43 X 32 cm / 16.9 X 12.6 inch.

Additional Information : This Original Color Lithograph is Hand Signed in ink by the artist "Isabelle Rouault" at the lower right margin.
The work has been printed by Mourlot, which is inscibed in the plate at the lower left margin "Mourlot Lithographie"
The paper bears the watermark by "Arches".

The Original Lithograph is accompanied by an original poster with the same motive of the palmtree.
It has been printed also by Mourlot for the exhibition of the artist in the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris, in May 1955.
Both works bear the stamp of : "Collection Bergman the Israel Museum Jerusalem" in the backside of the paper.

Provenance : The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem.

Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum's benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60's, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum.
As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Duffy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn't have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Duffy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes, among other works of Picasso, Braque and other great 20th century masters.
This work by Isabelle Rouault was part of her extensive collection that was partly sold in 2003.

Condition : Very Good condition. Minor handling creases.