Henri Laurens, Composition, L'Art Cubiste, Theories Et Realistions, Lithograph

Condition: Pre-Owned
Lithograph and stencil on vlin paper. Paper size: 10.83 x 8.27 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, L'Art Cubiste, Thories et Ralisations, Etude Critique, 1929. Published by ditions Charles Moreau, Paris; printed by Atelier Daniel Jacomet, Paris, May, 1929. Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This album was composed in Didot Characters and completed to print in May 1929 by Ducros et Colas, Matres-Imprimeurs in Paris. Boards have been executed by D. Jacomet in an edition of D examples, numbered on the colophons.

HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954) was a French sculptor and illustrator. Laurens was drawn to a new gathering of artistic creativity in Montparnasse. From 1915, he began to sculpt in the Cubist style after meeting Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris and Fernand Lger. Multi-talented, Laurens worked with poster paint, and collage. He was an engraver, and created theatre design and decoration. In 1915, he illustrated a book for his friend, the author Pierre Reverdy. In 1937, he was awarded the Helena Rubinstein Prize, which brought him in additional commissions. In 1938, he shared an exhibition with Braque and Picasso that travelled to major Scandinavian cities. In 1947, he made prints for book illustrations. In 1948, he exhibited his art at the important international Venice Biennale. That same year, he exhibited at the Galerie d'Art Moderne in Basel, Switzerland. Many of his sculptures are massive objects. An example of this style is the monumental piece L'Amphion, which he first designed on a smaller scale before created the final version in 1952 for the Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, after a request from the architect Carlos Ral Villanueva. Laurens' sculptural work influenced the work of architect Jrn Utzon, famous for the Sydney Opera House, in particular Laurens' tomb for an aviator designed for the cemetery of Montparnasse, Paris, in 1924.
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