Umberto Brunelleschi, Composition, La Leon D'Amour Dans Un Parc, Lithograph

Condition: Pre-Owned
Lithograph and stencil on vlin dArches paper. Paper size: 13.11 x 10.039 inches. Excellent condition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, La Leon d'amour dans un parc, 1933. Published by ditions Albin Michel, Paris; printed by Ateliers de Jacomet, Paris, November 18, 1933. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), This edition of La Leon d'amour dans un parc, by Ren Boylesve, illustrated by Brunelleschi, was completed to print on November 18, Nineteen, One Hundred and Thirty-Three, on the presses of the maitre imprimeur, R. Coulouma, A. Argenteuil, H. Barthlemy being director. The headbands and plates were shot on the Jacomet presses, and the coppers on the Padovani presses. The color plates were executed in the Ateliers de Jacomet. Justification of the draw, XX examples on Japon supernacr, containing a copper, an original watercolor of one of the hors texte and two sequels: one on Japon mince, one on Madagascar, numbered from I to XX. X examples on Japon supernacr, containing an original watercolor (bandeau) and two suites: one on Japon mince, one on Madagascar, numbered from XXI to XXX. X examples on Japon imprial, containing an original watercolor (band) and two sequels: one on Japon mince, one on Madagascar, numbered from XXXI to XL. XX examples on Hollande, containing an original watercolor (cul-de-lampe) and two sequels: one on Hollande mince, one on Annam, numbered from XLI to LX. XV examples on Arches, containing a suite on Annam, numbered from LXI to LXXV. CCCLXXV examples on Arches, numbered from LXXVI to CDL. It was also shot: XIV non-commercial examples, including VI nominative and VIII marked from A to H.

UMBERTO BRUNELLESCHI (1879-1949) was an Italian artist. He was born in Montemurlo, Italy, studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence and moved to Paris in 1900 with Ardengo Soffici where he soon established himself as a printer, book illustrator, set and costume designer. He worked for Le Rire as a caricaturist (often under the pseudonym's Aroun-al-Raxid or Aron-al-Rascid) and was a contributor to many of the deluxe French fashion publications including Journal des Dames et Des Modes, La Vie Parisienne, Gazette du Bon Ton and Les Feuillets d'Art. Brunelleschi was also the artistic director of the short lived but significant La Guirlande d'art et de la littrature 1919-1920. After serving in the Italian Army during the First World War, he returned to Paris. In the 1920s he diversified into set and costume designs for the Folies Bergre, the Casino de Paris, the Thtre du Chtelet and theatres in New York City, Germany, and in his native country. In Italy, he worked for Opera Houses such as La Scala in Milan, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. He created costumes for Josephine Baker. He is also noted for his design of the Martial et Armand logo circa 1923.
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