Walter Spitzer, Composition, L'Odysse, Lithograph

Condition: Pre-Owned
Lithograph on vlin sirne des papeteries Arjomari paper. Paper size: 12 x 9.25 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, L'Odysse, 1969. Published by ditions Richelieu, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frres, Paris, January 16, 1969. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), L'Odysse by Nikos Kazantzaki; lithographies originales by Andr Cottavoz, Chants III, VII et XI; Paul Guiramand, Chants IV, VIII et XII; Andr Minaux, chants I, V et IX; Walter Spitzer, Chants II, VI et X. Album composed and printed in the workshops of l'imprimerie Nationale for the account of ditions Richelieu. Album published under the direction of Serge Regal and Henri Jadoux. Les Chants XIII to XXIV of L'Odysse by Nikos Kazantzaki have been composed with le Grandjean in Romain du Roi grav in 1694 on l'Ordre of Louis XIV. The printing has been completed, January 16, 1969 on the presses of l'imprimerie Bationale, Andr Brignole, being director; Paul Lajunas, head of section, impressions artistiques. The original lithographies were shot on the presses of Fernand Mourlot. Original edition in French, justification of the draw, limited to MMDCCCX examples, X on Japon nacr, marked from A to H, with a sequel to the lithographies on Japon nacr; a second sequel on vlin d'Arches with an original drawing; L on vlin d'Arches numbered from I to L with a sequel to the lithographies on Japon nacr with a second suite on vlin d'Arches; CCCL on vlin d'Arches, numbered from LI to CD, with a series of lithographies on vlin d'Arches; MMCD on vlin sirne des papeteries Arjomari, numbered from CDI to MMDCCC; finally, XL non-trade examples, numbered from I to XL reserved for the publisher's tributes. All these examples are numbered in the press.

WALTER SPITZER (1927-2021) was a Polish-born French artist and painter. He was a survivor of the Holocaust. Spitzer was born in Cieszyn on 14 June 1927. He lost his father, Samuel, who died in February 1940 due to illness, and his mother, Gretta, to the Nazis. In June 1940, his family fled to Strzemieszyce Wielkie, where he worked as a photographer and welder. That year, his brother, Harry, was arrested by the Germans. Walter himself was arrested in 1943 at the age of 16 and was sent to Gross-Rosen. He was then sent to Blechhammer and later Auschwitz, where he was separated from his mother. He was tattooed with the number 78489. He then participated in the death marches in January 1945 before his liberation by the United States Army. After he was freed, Spitzer moved to France and studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. He then spent his career as a painter, while continuing to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.
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