Pierre SZÉKELY, Art nu n°1, 1974. Original print signed in pencil

Székely pierre (1923-2001) art nu n°1, 1974. Original copper print printed in 2 colors on fine textured vellum. Printed at the press by claude breton, paris. Proof signed in pencil lower right, titled, described "print / copper", and dated 1974 lower left and dedicated to marie-thérèse in the middle. Unknown edition. Sheet dimensions: 53 X 53 cm. In good condition (stain on the left edge and light crease at the top). Information: original print on copper, the stone of which is kept in the mâcon museum, according to the catalog raisonné. “bichrome inks on sheets of thin copper (tinsel) cut with scissors, ” he specifies. Reference: the eponymous print (dated 1972) and the stone which was used to print it in the press both appear in the catalog raisonné of the prints of the artist and sculptor, established by pierre karinthi (photos of a proof and the matrix available online: http: //jpkarinthi.free.fr/estampes.htm). Provenance: estate of mrs. Marie-thérèse mathieu, galerie de l'odéon, paris. Fast and careful shipping in a reinforced cardboard tube.

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