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OSSIP ZADKINE Signed Lithograph Russian

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OSSIP ZADKINE Signed Lithograph Russian
OSSIP ZADKINE
Vitebsk 1890 - 1967 Paris

The Erymanthian Boar - 1960
Original Hand Signed and Hand Numbered Color Lithograph

Title : The Erymanthian Boar.

Technique : Original Lithograph in Grey on Zerkall-Vellum paper.

Paper size : 53 X 69 cm / 20.9 X 27.2 inch.

Additional Information : This original Lithograph is Hand Signed in pencil by the artist ‘O. Zadkine’ at the lower right corner.
It is also Hand Numbered in pencil 8/350 at the lower left corner.
The work is furthermore signed in the plate by the artist.
This lithograph was printed in 1960 in a limited edition of only 350 impressions as part of the series "Les Traveaux d'Hercule" (Die Arbeiten des Herakles) that was illustarated with 28 diffirent original lithographs by Zadkine to the myth of Euripides.
The work was published by Christopher Czwiklitzer in Koln, Germany.
This lithograph illustrates the Heracles third that according the the Greek Mythology was to track down, capture and then take back to Eurystheus the great boar, which roamed the high forest region of Mount Erymanthus in Arcadia. To make the task harder for the hero Eurystheus insisted the boar should be alive when it was presented to him

Literature : Ossip Zadkine, Le Sculpteur-Graveur de 1919-1967, by Christoph Czwilklitzer, Paris, 1968.
Reference: Czwiklitzer No. 102.

Condition : Excellent condition.