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Antoni ClavéAbstract mixed media lithograph and relief by Spanish artist, Picasso friend S/N1977
1977
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Antoni Clavé
Untitled, from the Album International 2 Portfolio, 1977
Mixed media: Lithograph in relief
29 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches
Edition 1/50
Signed and number on front
Unframed
This is a rare lithograph by the world renowned Catalan graphic artist, painter and sculptor, signed and numbered in pencil from the limited edition of only 50. Superb provenance as it is was acquired from the original Album International Portfolio, number 1 of 50.
Text from the Colophon page reads as follows:
Born in Barcelona, living in St. Tropez, France.
Lithograph in relief, edition of 50, each numbered and signed by the artist.
Antoni Clavé biography
Antoni Clavé was born in Barcelona on April 5th, 1913. From 1926 he attended evening courses at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios "Llotja", a school both Picasso and Miró attended in their youth. In 1927, one of Clavé's teachers found him a position as a house painter's apprentice because of his growing fascination with the hands-on nature of painting and especially with the materials used for such work, like learning how to prepare paints.
In 1932, Clavé stopped attending evening classes and, on the recommendation of Illescas, an architect, was employed at the firm of Cinaes, where he designed the weekly cinema posters.
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), he served as a draughtsman for the Republican government but eventually was forced to flee to France. After a brief internment at Les Haras camp in Perpignan, Clavé settled in Paris in 1939 without any papers, drawing comics and working as an illustrator to get by.
In the 1940s Clavé's work showed the stylistic influence of Bonnard and Vuillard, until he met fellow Spanish expatriate Pablo Picasso in 1944. This meeting marked a pivotal change in Clavé's style, and he was forever grateful to be considered a lifelong friend of Don Pablo, as he called him.
From 1946, Clavé created numerous designs for the ballet and theatre in Paris, Munich, London and New York and in the 1950s, he turned to book illustration. He was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.
In 1954, Clavé ceased working as a stage-set designer and illustrator to devote himself entirely to painting, visiting Spain again. His paintings became more abstract and enigmatic; inspired by wall textures and graffiti, Clavé began integrating scraps of newspaper and other similar materials into his painting in a collage-like manner.
From 1960, he embarked on creating sculptures. Clavé's work in that field includes bas-reliefs, assemblages and totem-like sculptures of wood and modelled or imprinted lead, some of them incorporating found objects that are archaic in feeling. In 1965, Clavé moved to the South of France, near Saint-Tropez.
In the early 1980s, Clavé created the series "Hommage à Picasso" which was exhibited at the Picasso Museum in Antibes, followed by a series inspired by urban living in New York, where Clavé visited in 1972 and 1989.
After one-man shows in museums and galleries in Zurich, Barcelona, Paris and Tokyo, Clavé was given a comprehensive retrospective at the Centre Pompidou Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris in 1978. and the Spanish Pavilion at the 1984 Venice Biennale was dedicated to the Artist. In his later years, Clavé's work became completely abstract, using line rather than solid forms to explore the boundaries of shading, texture and colour.
His work is displayed in many museums, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, National Museum of Serbia, Tate Gallery, London, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia Museo Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and The British Museum, London.
- Creator:Antoni Clavé (1913-2005, Spanish)
- Creation Year:1977
- Dimensions:Height: 29.25 in (74.3 cm)Width: 19.75 in (50.17 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1745213111432
Antoni Clavé
Antoni Clavé was born on April 5, 1913, in Barcelona. Clavé was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards namely Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design, for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. Clavé was one of Spain's best known and most celebrated artists. His work evolved from a baroque, ornamental style to a pure, minimal aesthetic. In his later years, his work was completely abstract, employing expressive lines and exploring the boundaries of collage, object-trouve, shading, texture and color. He was trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was taught by Ángel Ferrant and Félix Mestres. With his works being influenced by artists such as Bonnard, Vuillard and Rouault. He was best known for his lyrical abstractions, works which combine paint with collage. Clavé died on September 1, 2005, in Saint-Tropez, France.
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