Lapicque Poster Louis Carré Gallery 1965

Charles lapicque is a french painter and engraver of the new school of paris, born in theizé on october 6, 1898, died in orsay on july 15, 1988. “his work occupies a prominent place in contemporary french art. Its way of progressing against the tide gives it a fundamental originality. Lapicque's maritime vocation and a certain number of his paintings dated 1939-1940 (armed figures, the port of loguivy, joan of arc crossing the loire, sainte-catherine de fierbois, etc.) stand in relation to this period the role that les demoiselles d'avignon and the landscapes of horto de ebro played in the cubist adventure of the beginning of the century. » lapicque, preface by jean guichard-meili, new york, galerie albert loeb, 1960. Unusual poster in good condition, traces of tape at the corners and bottom right.

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