Antoni Clavé
(born 1913 in Barcelona)
ROI DE CARTES - 1955
Lithograph printed in colours, 76 x 56 cm (29.9 by 22 in). Signed in pencil and inscripted „Èpreuve d´artiste“. Passeron 43. Decoratively framend. Unexamined out of the frame.
Price: € 950,-
Spanish artist of the 20th Century, well known for his impressiv graphical works, especially his illustrations of "Carmen" (1946) and "Gargantua" (1953). Lives since 1939 in France. His works are characterized by a wealth of colour, strong light-dark contrasts and a certain grade of burlesque. After 1960 he turned to abstraction.
Literature: Vollmer, vol.1, p. 449; Pierre Seghers, Clavé, Barcelona, 1972; Knaurs, p.64; Roger Passeron, Antoni Clavé, L´Œuvre Gravé Fribourg, 1977.
Note: Playing cards and portraits are important motifs of his works and mark a main period of the artist.
