Original 1972 ANTONI CLAVE "Return from Japan" Hand Painted Lithograph
Numbered and signed in pencil by the Artist
Edition L'Oeuvre Gravee, Bern
Limited edition: 11/75
Aprox. dimensions: 31" x 25"
Custom framed
Good vintage condition!


CLAVE, short biography
Antoni Clave was born in Barcelona in 1913. Aged 13, he attended evening classes at the Fine Arts School of his native town. In 1932, he was commissioned by a cinema firm to design his first posters. As from 1935, Clave incorporated into his publicity and ornamental work avant-garde techniques such as collage of newspaper, cardboard, rope, fabric etc.
Moving to France in 1939, Clave held his first exhibition of drawings and gouaches in Perpignan. He then settled in Paris where he made his first lithographs. In 1942, he showed at the Cstelucho gallery with Grau Sala and Marti Blas. It was during this period that Clave illustrated Prosper Merimee's "Lettres d'Espagne" with 27 colour lithographs and the year later illustrated Carmen with lithographs. Clave met Picasso in 1944, in 1946 the Delpierre gallery in Paris showed his work ; the same year he designed the stage-sets for a ballet production. In the fifties, he illustrated Rabelais' "Gargantua", and started the playing-card series. He was perpetually adding his new findings to his art, which included imprints and various modelled shapes. To his engraving he added the carborundum technique, using 12 carborundum prints to illustrate "La gloire des rois". Among his numerous other book illustrations, Voltaire 's "Candide ou l'optimiste" which he illustrated with 45 lithographs. Antoni Clave died in 2005.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Lithograph in very good vintage condition.

Origin:
Spain

Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph, Paint

Details:
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: Spain
Art Subjects: Abstract
Frame Type: Framed

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Lithograph in very good vintage condition.