Maurice Esteve & Nesto Jacometti, Grand Pavois, Correspondence, 1956

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Take a look at this ''Grand Pavois - Correspondence'' between Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti. Composed of three items written … Read more Take a look at this ''Grand Pavois - Correspondence'' between Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti. Composed of three items written in 1956, in French, perfectly readable. In details: - Two typewritten letters by Nesto Jacometti to M. Estève. Paris, October 11, 1956. April 14, 1956. One page, single-sided. On tissue paper, with aging signs and holes on the left margin. - An Autograph Letter Signed by M. Estève. April 16th, 1956. Two pages. Interesting Correspondence between the French artist and his graphic art editors, the Swish Nesto Jacometti and the French Mourlot, concerning the realization of Grand Pavois printings and his great return to the watercolor technique with successful overcomes. ''Je suis heureux d'aider à la rihabilitation de l'Aquarelle!'' Rich of technical details (artist proofs, circulation, exhibition) this amusing correspondence helps us to understand the relationships between artist and clients and the artist difficulties to realize his lyrical abstract artworks! Maurice Estève, (Culan, 1904-2001). The French artist, Estève, particularly impressed by the production of Jean Fouquet, Paolo Uccello and Paul Cézanne, tried to create a new kind of Cubist Fauvism. Indeed Estève began to move away from realism in 1928, and was influenced in the following years by Léger, Matisse and Bonnard. Assistant of Robert Delaunay, he absorbed his stylized figure, realizing compositions with strong colors that gradually became completely abstract, interlocking shapes in bold colors. Has made a number of watercolors and collages, and designed stained glass in 1957 for a church at Berlincourt in the Bernese Jura.Estève's extensive work was not limited to the genre of painting, but also active in collage, textile design and murals. Maurice Estève took part in the Venice Biennale in 1954. Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898-1973) Nesto Jacometti is still today a fascinating figure of the Locano and International cultural scene of the last century. Collector and editor of graphic art, he was the promoter of two important editorial projects: the Guilde Internationale de la Gravure and L’Oeuvre Gravée Born in Locarno at the end of the 19th century, at the age of 30 he left Ticino to move to Paris and immerse himself in the bohemian atmosphere of Montparnasse. The war forces him to return to Switzerland, to Geneva, where he works in the journalistic field and he knows figures as Albert Skira and Pierre Cailler. With the latter one a collaboration born and resulted, in 1949, in a printing guild: an edition of etchings and lithographs destined for a wide circulation of the Paris School. During all his life, Jacometti collaborates and involves artists such as Rufino Tamayo and Jean Lurçat, Antoni Clavé, Zao Wou-Ki, Alfred Manessier, Maurice Estève, Gustave Singier and Zoran Music. He was awarded at the Venice Biennale in 1953, with the Critics' Grand Prix.In 1955 Jacometti engaged in the new publishing initiative, L'Oeuvre Gravée, calling new prestigious names on the Parisian art scene. Many artists owe their initiation to the art of engraving to him: Marino Marini, Massimo Campigli, Zao Wou-Ki, Johnny Friedlaender, Corneille, Max Ernst and Alberto Magnelli. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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