Pierre ALECHINSKY (Belgian, b.1927)
Facteur Rhesus Pierre ALECHINSKY (Belgian, b.1927)
Facteur Rhesus
1967 Color etching and lithograph Edition of 75 59.0 x 69.0 cm (23 ¼ x 27 ¼ inches)
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Copper-plate etching printed in colors with marginal remarks in color lithograph, a fine, fresh impression of the only known state of this rare work, printed on BFK Rives paper, to the edges, pencil-signed and numbered by the artist, pulled in an edition of 75 examples (there were also X artist proofs and 16 proofs "d'essai" annotated A to P with large margins,) printed by Jean Clerte and P.A. in Bougival, published by La Hune, Paris and Roten, Baltimore, Maryland, in fine condition, unframed.
| Literature: | Riviere, Yves. Pierre Alechinsky: Les estampes de 1946 a 1972. 1973, Paris, Yves Riviere, p.135, no.342, illustrated in color (another example.) | | | | Note: | Riviere notes that this print was pulled in an edition of 65 plus proofs - this is incorrect, as the numbered edition was 75. | | | |