Heures Galantes. Quatre Poèmes.
Paris: Galerie Lutétia, no date, circa 1920.
GUINEGAULT, G. P.
Limited Edition.
A fine example of the pochoir printing technique fashionable in France from 1910-1930. Each of the four poems is accompanied by a circular illustration by G. P. Guinegault. [Not in Mahè.].
Item #1176Four leaves measuring 350 x 225 mm, in original pochoir decorated wrappers, signed in plate, a fine copy. An exquisite limited edition of romantic poems by Jean Noury illustrated with elegant pochoir scenes by the French orientalist painter, George-Pierre Guinegault. Each leaf is shared between the letterpress poem and a large circular stencil-printed illustration of lovers at play. This beautifully preserved item is a one of five hundred numbered copies printed on Arches paper.
Georges-Pierre Guinegault, born on March 27, 1893, in Rennes, France, was an accomplished artist who began his fine art studies at the age of 19 at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He started exhibiting his works at the Paris salons in 1920 and later became a member of the Société des Artistes Français.
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