Engraving, 1961

Edition : /95 ex.

Publisher : L'Œuvre gravée

Catalog : [202]

76.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. | 29.92 in. x 22.05 in. (paper)

53.00 cm. x 43.00 cm. | 20.87 in. x 16.93 in. (image)

Yellowed paper, adhesive mark on the back
Born German in Silesia (now in Poland), Friedlaender trained in Breslau and Dresden, then at the forefront of the avant-garde. But he opposed the Nazi regime very early, and was imprisoned. After years of struggle and flight, he arrived in Paris in 1937. Two years later, he was arrested and locked up for a few months in the infamous Gurs camp after having joined the English army as a volunteer. The war is not over yet, which he is back in Paris to burn. For Friedlander was one of the greatest masters of printmaking in the 20th century. Rare fact; he stopped painting in oils from the mid-1930s to 1966, preferring the rich and complex technique of printmaking. In 1950, he founded his own studio, the Hermitage. Zao Wou-ki, Nicolas de Staël, Piza were his students.
Friedlander's engraved work best explores all the possibilities of engraving in the service of the artist's rich universe, all in nuances and subtleties.

Annoted "EA"
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Certificate of authenticity

Ref : LCD4020