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Philippe Labarthe: Etching 'J'entends qu'on nous cherche'
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Color etching on sketched paper, hand-signed, numbered (52/60) and titled.
Image size 29.5 x 39.5 cm, paper size 50.5 x 65.5 cm.
Philippe Labarthe, pseudonym Ylipe (January 9, 1936 - March 8, 2003) was a French humorist, artist and writer.
He was born in Bordeaux and studied fine arts there before moving to Paris to work as a cartoonist, painter and aphorist. He signed his cartoons with φlipe, using the Greek letter phi (φ) instead of the first three letters of his first name. Maurice Nadeau misinterpreted the Greek φ as a Latin y, and the name Ylipe stuck.
In the 1960s, he contributed to Arts, L'Express and Lettres nouvelles and signed the Manifesto of the 121 who opposed the use of torture during the Algerian War. He later exhibited paintings in New York and Paris under his own name, with the support of Eugène Ionesco and Jacques Prévert.
In 2000, a back injury prevented him from painting and he returned to writing aphorisms. His writing and painting often displayed black humor; Dominique Noguez described him as a "bubbly misanthrope" (French: misanthrope étincelant). He died of lung cancer after refusing medical treatment.
Philippe Labarthe's work has been offered at auction several times, with realized prices ranging from $44 to $2,672, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.
ConditionExcellentColorsBrown, Beige, Black, WhiteMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationPortraitArt sizeMediumHeight66 cmWidth51 cm