Description: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ETCHING/GRAPHISCULPTURE BY ITALIAN ARTIST PAOLO BONI. IT IS ONE OF AN EDITION OF 5 HORS' D'COMMERCE. AN HORS D'COMMERCE WAS A GROUP OF PRINTES GIVEN TO THE ARTIST BY THE PRINTER AS A "THANK YOU" FOR ALLOWING THEM TO PRODUCE THE ARTWORK. THE FULL SERIES IS AN EDITION OF 50, WHILE THIS IS NUMBERED 1 OF 5 HC PIECES. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT AND INCLUDES A COA PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY THAT PURCHASED NAHAN GALLERIES WHEN THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. NAHAN GALLERIES PRODUCED THE WORKS OF MAX PAPART, THEO TOBIASSE, RAFAL OLBINSKI, JAMES COIGNARD AND MANY OTHERS, INCLUDING PAOLO BONI. THE PIECE IS A VERY MANAGEABLE 19.25 X 19.5 INCHES. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE MEANING OF THE WORD "GRAPHISCULPTURE" WHEN REFERRING TO THE WORKS OF BONI: Paoli Boni lived in Paris since 1954 and became famous mostly for his engravings, made out of a mosaic of various pieces of metal. Old electrotypes and coins, for instance, were sawn-off and filed down, after which each one was inked separately and used as an engraving plate. He had used this technique since 1957; from 1970 onwards he referred to the engravings, for which he often used blue, ochre and reddish-brown as colours, as 'graphisculptures'. In the heavy paper on which they are printed, the pieces of metal leave indentations of various depths, giving the prints a three-dimensional impression. Boni’s prints may be found in the print collections of major museums worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, the Library of Congress, Yale University, Princeton University, the Brooklyn Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and many others in the US. In France, he is represented in the Musée Picasso, the Grand Palais, the Bibliothèque Nationale, and the Musée d’Art Modèrne. This will be mailed flat I utilize a third party EBAY supplied shipper for international sales. This is part of the Global Shipping Program. Please note the actual shipping cost before purchasing. That is not my shipping fee and I neither receive it nor know what the amount is. I have no control over import fees that may be charged. Please do not commit to "buy it now" until you have seen the shipping amount that you will be charged. Thank you.
Price: 109 USD
Location: East Norwich, New York
End Time: 2024-10-21T22:44:08.000Z
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Type: Etching
