Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975) - Venise, le gondolier, 1973 - Gouache signée et dédicacée
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Venise, the gondolier, 1973 by Lucien Fontanarosa, gouache with mixed media on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm, France, original edition, signed and dedicated, in good condition, unframed.
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Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975), French painter and illustrator.
Venice, the gondolier, September 1973.
Gouache, pencil and red chalk on paper. Dedicated, signed and dated by hand on the lower edge: 'to Yves Guérin, very sincerely, September 1973', signed 'Fontanarosa'.
A Venetian gondolier in a striped shirt, standing at his oar in the foreground, a second gondola to the right, and the domes of Santa Maria della Salute in a warm ochre light. First Grand Prix of Rome (1936) and member of the Institute (1955), Fontanarosa made Venice and the gondolier one of his favorite subjects.
Provenance: Yves Guérin's Book of Honor, compiled between 1963 and 1992.
Dimensions: sheet 29.7 x 21 cm, image full sheet.
Condition: good. Not framed.
Seller's Story
Since 2001, Nouvelle Compagnie des Arts Graphiques, is an online gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary original prints and works on paper.
The gallery was founded by Benjamin Sznaper in 2001 and was one of the first Parisian online galleries at this time.
It has since grown to hold a selective inventory of some of the most important original prints and works on paper by the leading artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
These include Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, Joan Miro, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more.
Our selective inventory is carefully chosen to reach the highest standard in terms of Rarity, Condition, and Prices.
Even if we are an online Gallery it is always possible to meet us and to personally check our inventory in BIARRITZ.
Translated by Google TranslateLucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975), French painter and illustrator.
Venice, the gondolier, September 1973.
Gouache, pencil and red chalk on paper. Dedicated, signed and dated by hand on the lower edge: 'to Yves Guérin, very sincerely, September 1973', signed 'Fontanarosa'.
A Venetian gondolier in a striped shirt, standing at his oar in the foreground, a second gondola to the right, and the domes of Santa Maria della Salute in a warm ochre light. First Grand Prix of Rome (1936) and member of the Institute (1955), Fontanarosa made Venice and the gondolier one of his favorite subjects.
Provenance: Yves Guérin's Book of Honor, compiled between 1963 and 1992.
Dimensions: sheet 29.7 x 21 cm, image full sheet.
Condition: good. Not framed.
Seller's Story
Since 2001, Nouvelle Compagnie des Arts Graphiques, is an online gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary original prints and works on paper.
The gallery was founded by Benjamin Sznaper in 2001 and was one of the first Parisian online galleries at this time.
It has since grown to hold a selective inventory of some of the most important original prints and works on paper by the leading artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
These include Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, Joan Miro, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more.
Our selective inventory is carefully chosen to reach the highest standard in terms of Rarity, Condition, and Prices.
Even if we are an online Gallery it is always possible to meet us and to personally check our inventory in BIARRITZ.
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Edition
Original
Artist
Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975)
Title of artwork
Venise, le gondolier, 1973 - Gouache signée et dédicacée
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
France
Condition
Good condition
Height
29.7 cm
Width
21 cm
Style
Modern
Period
1970-1980
