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Original vinatge lithograph by Sam Szafran Lilette, 2007.
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Saint-Didier, FranceOn Whoppah since January 2022 • 4 sales
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Sam Szafran (1934-2019) Lilette with Gaudi chair, 2007. Original lithograph signed and numbered in red chalk by Sam Szafran. This rare lithograph depicts Sam Szafran's wife, called Lilette, sitting in a famous chair designed by Antonio Gaudi, in the artist's studio filled with the shade of philodendrons. This print, which evokes the finish of pastel, is a variation on one of the artist's iconic subjects (https:www.sothebys.comfrauctionsecataloguelot.3.html2016art-contemporain-pf1605). Limited edition of 120 prints on a precious Japanese paper, printed by Idem Paris. Dimensions : 40,15 x 30,7 inches. Sam Szafran is certainly the most important pastelist of the 20th century. He was born in Paris in 1934, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants. After abstract beginnings at the Atelier de la Grande Chaumière, where the young artist studied with Henri Goetz, he discovered pastel and watercolor in the early 1960s. During the post-war period, he also met Jean Arp, Yves Klein, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Joan Mitchell, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martine Franck. He became famous with his anamorphoses of Parisian staircases in Saint-Germain-des-prés, and his paintings of workshops. In 1993, he received the Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris. Retrospectives were organized by Jean Clair and Jean-Louis Prat in 1999 and 2000 at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda in Martigny (Switzerland) and at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (France). His work is present in some international museums such as the MoMA in New York and the Metropolitan Museum. Supported by gallery owners such as Jacques Kerchache and Claude Bernard (historical dealer of Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Fernando Botero, Balthus, Alberto Giacometti, Philippe Hiquily...), Szafran's work is collected by major collectors in the United States and Europe, including Leonard Gianadda, Terry de Gunzburg, William Louis-Dreyfus...
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Saint-Didier, FranceOn Whoppah since January 2022 • 4 sales