1951 After Rousseau, "La Guerre" First Edition Full-Color Print

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An excellent vintage First Edition full-color print of famous painting La Guerre (The War), by Henri Rousseau. Comes from a … Read more An excellent vintage First Edition full-color print of famous painting La Guerre (The War), by Henri Rousseau. Comes from a First Limited edition portfolio, published by Les Editions Du Chene in Paris, France in 1951. Signed in the print. Hand tipped-in on a board of heavy paper. Numbered. Information regarding the original painting will be found by lifting the piece. Excellent condition - minor age wear on the the board, never framed.

Overall 14.80"W x 10.75"H
Image 11.60"W x 6.80"H

Shown in the Salon des Independants of 1894, this is one of the Douanier's greatest works. Here Rouseau's realistic imagination is seconded by an amazing dynamism. We are reminded of those soaring bands of angels figuring in the skies of classical pictures. All the normal conceptions of perspective are ruled out and superseded by a new one, in which the modeling, reduced to the merest hints, reminds us of Gauguin.

On the subject of the editor: Editions du Chêne, Paris 1941, it is an occupied Paris which witnesses the emergence, 16, place Vendôme, of the Editions du Chêne. A risky bet given that its 21-year old founder was called Maurice Kahane, an atheist Jewish man who would then adopt the name of his mother, Girodias. The Chêne specialized itself by the edition of art books and literature. The Editions du Chêne would become a branch of the Hachette group in 1951. The edition of art books would then adopt pride of place. George Herscher takes over the Hachette house with enthusiasm in 1971. See less