Jean Carzou (1907-2000) - Soleil Rouge

Jean Carzou (1907-2000) — Imaginary/fantastic walled city under a scorching sun — Original color lithograph, 1972 — Artist's proof very limited to only XIII/XX (13/20)

Original color lithograph by Jean Carzou (Aleppo, 1907 – Marsac-sur-l'Isle, 2000), painter, engraver and French designer of Armenian origin, member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Institute of France) since 1977.

Signed and dated “72” in pencil lower right by the artist.
Certified “Artist's Proof on Japon,” numbered XIII/XX lower left (print run limited to 20 artist's proofs only).
Technique: original lithograph on pearly Japanese paper.
Framed under glass, matting, period gilded frame.
Excellent overall condition.

The work depicts one of the most characteristic and sought-after subjects of Carzou's production in the 1970s: an imaginary fortified city, bristling with a multitude of arrows and turrets, spreading out beneath a stylized sun with linear rays, in a blazing palette of reds and oranges typical of the artist.

Jean Carzou illustrated works by Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus and Eugène Ionesco, and created sets and costumes for the Paris Opera and the Comédie-Française. His works are in the collections of the National Museum of Modern Art (Centre Pompidou), the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and many international museums (Hermitage, Adelaide, etc.). A museum entirely devoted to him exists in Manosque (Centre Carzou).