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Papart, Max - Original hand signed and numbered lithograph

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Papart, Max - Original hand signed and numbered lithograph
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ARTIST: Max Papart

TITLE: Oval Acrobat

MEDIUM: original aquatint on paper, hand signed and numbered

SIZE: 30.25 x 42 inches (sheet)

EDITION: from the edition of 125

CONDITION: EXCELLENT

RETAIL/GALLERY PRICE: $2,800


[1911-1994]


Of all the modernists who were part of “The School of Paris,” Max Papart is most clearly the most direct successor to Picasso and Braque. One of the great French art critics, André Parinaud, claimed “We are going to rediscover Papart as one of the masters of the second cubist generation.”

Yet, Papart forged into new territory with his own style of cubism. In printmaking he was not only a master of color etching, aquatint, and lithography, but one of the pioneers in the complex and difficult carborundum print. In fact, in his printmaking he far out-did Picasso, who was a prolific printmaker. The Director of the Bibliothèque National in Paris not only acknowledged Papart as a master printer of the 20th century, but stated that his aquatints were some of the most significant prints being made in France during this era.

Papart’s style of cubism is upbeat, and he bathed his works in the light and bright colors of the French Riviera where he was born. His favorite subjects included circus scenes, flirting couples, soaring birds and similar cheerful subjects. He typically overlapped planes of brilliant colors and by introducing collage in his prints created contrasting textures.

Papart’s works are in the permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art and the Bibliothèque National in Paris, the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and major fine arts museums across the United States.