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GEO-FOURRIER (Lyon, 1898 - Quimper, 1966) Georges FOURRIER, …
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GEO-FOURRIER (Lyon, 1898 - Quimper, 1966) Georges FOURRIER, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
GEO-FOURRIER (Lyon, 1898 - Quimper, 1966) Georges FOURRIER, known as
"Sant Gwenole: Le sonneur de bombarde", 1927
Woodcut, plate n°X from the series "Les Bigoudens". Artist's proof printed by Geo-Fourrier himself in the Japanese manner. Signed and dated lower right. Lettering (faded) lower left.
Height: 22 cm. Width: 21 cm. Sight.
This work is essential in the career of Géo-Fourrier. He exhibited it in 1926 at the Salon des Artistes Français, and it won him a silver medal at the Warsaw Salon and, above all, the Compagnie Paquet prize, which opened the doors to Morocco for him, as well as the illustration for Claude Farrère's novel Les Hommes Nouveaux.
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