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Aloys Zötl
"Here I am proposing my own personal choice, which-far from any desire to be authoritarian and definitive-is, on the contrary, an invitation to each individual to make his own choice. First because beauty is a personal affair [...] and then because the affinities that we may feel in regard to this or that animal space proceeds from reasons which often are not ruled by our consciousness.
I like [...] Le Semnopithèque from 1839 [...], La Loutre and Rana varia (one of the most beautiful Max Ernst's I know) from 1863, [...] Le Rhinocéros from 1872 (Oh, powerful marvel of ponderousness and grace) [...]" José Pierre (Julio Cortazar (texte de), Giovanni Mariotti (introduction de), José Pierre (postface de), Aloys Zötl (1803-1887), Milan, Franco Maria Ricci, 1976, p. 140-144).
Bibliography
- Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Rheims, L'atelier Aloys Zötl, 19 décembre 1955, n° 37
- Julio Cortazar (texte de), Giovanni Mariotti (introduction de), José Pierre (postface de), Aloys Zötl (1803-1887), Milan, Franco Maria Ricci, 1976, rep.p. 131, p. 154
| Creation date | 1881 |
| Date of publication | 1881 |
| Languages | French |
| Physical description | 43,8 x 54,7 cm (17 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.) - Gouache sur papier |
| From / Provenance | Acquis par André Breton lors de la première vente aux enchères d'aquarelles d'Aloys Zötl. Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Rheims, le 19 décembre 1955 |
| Reference | 2070000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 4430 |
| Keywords | Art Brut or naive, Painting, auction sales |
| Categories | Modern Paintings |
| Exhibition | L'Atelier d'Aloÿs Zötl |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100227880 |
