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Émile Bernard
Composition (Morane, N° 100), Les Petites Fleurs de St. Françoise, Émile Bernard

1928

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Wood engraving on vergé d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Petites Fleurs de St. François, 1928. Published by Ambroise Vollard, éditeur, Paris; printed by l'imprimerie Féquet et Baudier, under the direction of Marthe Féquet, Paris, August 27, 1928. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), The Little Flowers of Saint Francis was translated from Italian by Maurice Beau-Freton, illustrated with woods drawn and engraved by Émile Bernard, and published in M. CM. XXVIII, by Ambroise Vollard, 28, Rue de Martignac, 28, in Paris. Printing was finished in Paris, August 27, 1928, on Marthe Féquet's press. It was taken from this volume: CCCL examples numbered on vergé d'Arches. Examples I, II, and III were watercolored by the hand of Émile Bernard. XLV suites, on Japon blanc nacré, and the woodblocks destroyed. In addition, XXV Hors-commerce examples with brands from A to Y. Catalogue raisonné references: Harscoet-Maire, L., Morane, D., Émile Bernard 1868-1941: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé, 2000, N°. 100; Una E. Johnson Ambroise Vollard, éditeur. New York, 1944, cat. N°. 9; Mary Anne Stevens, Caroline Boyle-Turner, Roland Dorn, Christiaan Vogelaar Emile Bernard: 1868-1941, A Pioneer of Modern Art. Amsterdam, 1990, cat. N°. 156, p. 328. ÉMILE HENRI BERNARD (1868–1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his notable work was accomplished at a young age, in the years 1886 through 1897. He is also associated with Cloisonnism and Synthetism, two late 19th-century art movements. Less known is Bernard's literary work, comprising plays, poetry, and art criticism as well as art historical statements that contain first-hand information on the crucial period of modern art to which Bernard had contributed.
  • Creator:
    Émile Bernard (1868 - 1941, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1928
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.813 in (32.55 cm)Width: 9.813 in (24.93 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Auburn Hills, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1465214846272

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