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Exhibition at the Etoile scellée gallery

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Author

Author Pierre Molinier

Description

Engravings by Pierre Molinier dated 1956, one in four prints. Original drawing in Indian ink by Pierre Molinier entitled Langue au pied blessé [Tongue on the injured foot] and bearing Molinier's stamp (25.5 x 14.7 cm), with the envelope preserved. Album of original engravings of which four are dated 1956, signed by Pierre Molinier, and one engraving in four prints, unsigned. The whole in a cardboard folder printed for the Etoile scellée [Sealed Star] gallery bearing Pierre Molinier's stamp and illustrated with an original photograph representing one of his paintings. [Auction Catalogue, 2003] One of the prints of the engraving is preserved by Breton, framed and bearing the title Figure féminine [Female Figure]. The photograph on the envelope containing the prints is of a painting kept by Breton, entitled Succubus. The note "à l'étoile scellée" refers to an exhibition that Molinier presented in Paris in 1956 at the Etoile scellée [Sealed Star] gallery. [Atelier André Breton website, 2021]
Creation date1956
Bibliographical materialThe drawing in envelope: 25.5 x 14.7 cm The engravings: 12.5 x 17 cm (5 x 6 3/4 in.) - Etching in colour 1 drawing in-8°, envelope preserved 4 prints of an etching pasted in a cardboard folder
LanguagesFrench
Physical description

Le dessin sous enveloppe : 25,5 x 14,7 cm

Les gravures : 12,5 x 17 cm (5 x 6 3/4 in.) - Eau-forte en couleur

Place of origin
Size14,70 x 25,50 cm
Copyright© ADAGP, Paris, 2005.
Reference1516000
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2453
Keywords, , ,
CategoriesGraphics
ExhibitionMolinier, 1956
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100047320
Place of origin
Exhibition place

See also

2 Works
 
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Figure féminine

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Pierre Molinier

Eau-forte en couleur dédicacée et offerte à André Breton, datée de 1956, année de la première exposition de Pierre Molinier à Paris.
Une image, une longue notice descriptive.

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Succube

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Pierre Molinier

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Technique mixte de 1952. En 1955, Pierre Molinier envoya à André Breton un album photo dans lequel cette œuvre était reproduite.
Une image, une longue notice descriptive, une bibliographie, des expositions.

[Exhibitions] 1991, boîte archives bleue, Beaubourg