Homage a l’Ecole de Paris. Preface by Emily Genauer.

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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BLATAS, ARBIT.

Homage a l’Ecole de Paris. Preface by Emily Genauer.

Fourteen lithographic portraits, featuring the artists of the School of Paris. Each signed by the artist in pencil lower right and numbered 22/350. Introductory text in English and French. Loose as issued in original boards featuring three-colored French flag motif. Folio.

Paris / New York: Editions Marcel Sautier, Paris & Graphophile, New York 1962

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

Born in Kovno, Lithuanian-Jewish artist Arbit Blatas (1908–99) moved to France as a teenager. A precocious talent he became the youngest member of the Ecole de Paris. The present work contains lithographed portraits of his friends and colleagues: Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, Dufy, Leger, Lipchitz, Maillol, Marquet, Matisse, Picasso, Soutine, Utrillo, Vlaminck and Vuillard.