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Petra Korevaar
Product description
Large in-house letterpress printed H.C. (hors commerce) board cut "la Chaise Bleue" by graphic artist Fon Klement (1930-2000) in 1994.
Signed in pencil, dated and bearing his two fingerprints in blue ink, numbered 110/125. The written text "La Chaise Bleue" is in pencil in the artist's handwriting.
Dimensions including frame with paspartout 100 x 100 cm.
The condition is excellent.
Purchased through art loan in 1996 for 1250.00 guilders. First owner.
The painting is currently wrapped in store foil due to impending move.
The frame is silver gray.
Upon viewing, the work can of course be unpacked.
La Chaise Bleue, the symbol of Nice, was the inspiration for this artwork.
Fon Klement (Amsterdam, 1930 - 2000) Fon Klement was self-taught as an artist. After a brief period in which he gained recognition as a figurative painter and woodcarver, the first multicolored graphic works were produced in 1960 in his typical technique of "the relief board cut".
Recognizable formal elements gradually gave way to more abstract motifs in a sober range of colors. For Fon Klement, the later (re)discovery of the watercolor technique came just in time. Artistically, he found himself at a crossroads. The need to change course was growing stronger and stronger. Fon Klement went on a quest and traveled through Provence for over ten weeks. In his makeshift little studio in the southern French town of Lorgues, they were plentiful: flowers. Poppies, irises, roses, delphiniums and hibiscus tempted the artist to continue on the path he had taken before: painting and watercoloring floral still lifes.
Since 1961, Fon Klement had been a member of Xylon, the international association of woodcarvers, which regularly shows prints throughout Europe. The exhibition "Prints today in the USA," featuring a survey of prints by Dutch artists, including Fon Klement, has traveled throughout the United States for many years. During the printmaking biennial 'Grafiek Nu' in Laren (autumn 1990), and later at the first international printmaking biennial in Maastricht (summer 1993), Fon Klement is awarded the Public Prize.
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsGrey, Blue, White, YellowMaterialPaperNumber of items1ArtistsFon KlementFirst ownerYesOrientationSquareArt sizeMediumHeight100 cmWidth100 cm