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Lithograph poster in color, presenting the poem Nadine by André Vernet, illustration of the artist on the left, on the occasion of an exhibition at the Galleria Regis (Turin, Italy) in 1968. Dedicated with a pastel drawing to his friend Ernst Van Leyden.
This poster is in good condition. It is signed and signed on the right.
Bernadette Wilde, better known under the name of artist Nadine Vivier, becomes the companion of life of André Verdet from 1965 until her death in 2004. She inspires the most beautiful love poems of Verdet, which he dedicates to him often. She began her own artistic practice in 1971 and in the early 90's undertook a series of works called "Moon Birds". Verdet called her Nadine Vivier des oiseaux.
A note: some stains and yellowing on paper, wear of time, see photos.
French poet, painter, sculptor and ceramist, he was the friend and confidant of the greatest, Giono, Cocteau, Picasso, Miro, Chagall, Leger, Magnelli ... and Prévert who said of him that he "writes poems with a lively voice from hand to hand and with a cheerful heart and because it makes him happy and he walks in his poems in search of what he likes and when he finds what he likes he says hello and he greets yes he greets those he meets when they are worth the trouble or the pleasure or the joy ... "Great Resistance - he was the Duroc commander, at the head of the network to which belonged Robert Desnos, arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, at the same time as the latter, he was imprisoned in Fresnes then deported to Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He died in 2004, at the age of 91. (See Editions Galilee website).
Artist very well side on Artprice
Painter of Dutch origin. Until 1914 he studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, Brussels, Berlin and London. First of all close to expressionism, he did not realize his first abstract work until 1948. From his three studios in Los Angeles, Venice and Paris, he led a life of incessant travel and friendly encounters with celebrities. of his time: Chaplin, Stravinski, Brecht, Dali, Picasso ... His travels in Vallauris inspired him later to work as a ceramist. His work is recognized and bought by the greatest museums in the world. In the 1950s, he practiced large format collage in the same spirit as Jasper Johns or Rauschenberg, and applied to "reveal the secret life" of the materials he uses.
