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Vintage Photograph of Vintage Painting - Mid-20th Century

Mid-20th Century

Photograph of Vintage Painting is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions except for some minor fixings. The artw...

Photograph of Vintage Painting is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions except for some minor fixings. The artw...

Painted canvas figuring a profile view of a man in the style of the first Italian Renaissance. He wears a gilt flower decorated suit. Brown background with white flower motifs. Li...

Engraving on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Portrait de A. Decaris, 1953. Published by Editions d'Art Manuel Bruker, Paris; printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris, January 30, 1953. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), The present portrait of Albert Decaris was completed to print on January 30, 1953 for typography by Zichieri; for engraving by Rigal. The edition has been set at 250 on vélin de Rives. The first twenty examples are suites on annam of all the engravings. ALBERT DECARIS (1901-1988) was a French artist, engraver, painter and Olympic Gold Medallist. Decaris was the first illustrator of luxury art books such as Le Chant de Mon Voyage vers la Grèce by Léon Cathlin, Combourg by Chateaubriand, Les Discours des Misères de ce Temps by Ronsard and Les Destinées by Alfred de Vigny. Decaris joined the infamous group called FVHJ at age 24. In the 1930s, Decaris began engraving postage stamps, resulting in more than 500 such designs, for various postal services, notably French and African. Stamp collectors...