Françoise
Gilot
(French, b. 1921)
Even at the young age of 21, Françoise Gilot was one of the
most respected artists of the emerging School of Paris, a movement
struggling for recognition during the years of The Occupation.
In
1943, during the time of her first important exhibition in Paris,
Françoise met Pablo Picasso, an artist 40 years her senior.
In 1946, Gilot and Picasso began a decade-long relationship and
Françoise
became both a witness and a participant in one of the last great
periods of the modern art movement in Europe. Their circle included
poets, philosophers, writers, and many of the legends of the art
world, such as Braque, Chagall, Cocteau, and Matisse.
After
nearly 70 years as an artist, Françoise Gilot continues to
conquer canvas with her own language of form and color. Her work,
done in a variety of media, holds a vital place in the international
art world and represents one of the most exciting collecting opportunities
in contemporary art today.
Gilot
is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern
Art in New York, the Musée Picasso in Antibes, Musée
de Tel Aviv in Israel, the Women's Museum in Washington D.C., and
Bibliothèque Nationale and Musée d'Art Moderne in
Paris. In 1990 she received the
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, for her work as a painter, writer
and feminist. In 2010 she was made an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur,
the French government's highest honor of the arts.
This
extraordinary collection honors thirty-eight years of exhibition
history between Françoise Gilot and the Vincent Mann Gallery.
The collection comprises important early artworks from the period
1940-1960, selected by Françoise Gilot from her personal
archives. Many of these oil paintings, drawings, and mixed-media
works have never before been exhibited in the United States.
The
Vincent Mann Gallery is honored to present these rare artwortks
for sale in "Collection Privée: Early Works by Françoise
Gilot 1940-1960."
Click to view "Calling
the Birds" catalogue.
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| Collection Privée | Oil
paintings | Works on Paper | Calling
the Birds Drawings | Lithographs |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Greek Profile (Profil Grec) (1967)
Color Lithograph, edition of 100
Image: 22 ¼ x 15”
Paper: 26 x 18 ½”
Edition of 100 impressions,
signed and numbered, on Arches; plus 3 printers proofs,
and 25 artist’s proofs (black only) signed and annotated,
on Arches.
Printed in two colors: black from a stone
and gray from a zinc plate.
Published by the artist. Printed at Mourlot,
Paris.
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(Plate 24, page 62).
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Creativity (Créativité) (1970)
Image: 25 ¾ x 19 ¾”
Paper: 31 x 24”
| Edition of 150 impressions,
signed and numbered, on Arches; plus 3 printer’s proofs
and 26 artist’s proofs (A to Z), signed and annotated,
on Arches; and 5 trial proofs, signed, numbered and annotated,
on various papers.
Printed in seven colors: bistre, pale lavender,
turquoise, light brown, dark brown, coral red, and pale
gray, from seven zinc plates.
Commissioned by Philip and Muriel Berman
for the centennial of the Episcopalian Churches in the Diocese
of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Printed at Mourlot, Paris.
Edition of 1600 unsigned posters also printed
at Mourlot, Paris.
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(Plate 38, page 66). |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
The Two Glasses (les Deux Verres) (1970)
Color Lithograph, Edition of 50
Image: 19 3/4 x 25 3/4”
Paper: 23 5/8 x 30 1/4”
Edition of 50 impressions,
signed and numbered, on Arches; plus 5 color separation
proofs, 1 Bon a Tirer, 2 printer’s proofs, and 10
artist’s proofs (I to X) signed, numbered, and annotated
on Arches.
Printed in six colors: gray, turquoise,
saffron yellow, dusty rose, ultramarine blue, and saturated
turquoise, from six zinc plates. Published by the artist.
Printed at Mourlot, Paris. (The 5 color separation proofs
and 1 artist’s proof given to Cedar Crest College,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.)
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(Plate 32, page 64). |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Aurélia
in Paris II (Aurélia à Paris II) (1971)
Color Lithograph, Second State – Edition of 50
Image: 19 3/4 x 25 5/8”
Paper: 19 3/4 x 25 5/8”
Framed: 30 1/2 x 35 7/8”
Edition
of 50 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled, on Arches;
plus 5 printer’s proofs and 10 artist’s proofs,
signed and annotated, on Arches.
Printed in six colors: light gray, pale blue, medium blue,
ultramarine blue, dark gray and (with acid deletions on the
ultramarine blue plate) a darker ultramarine blue, from five
zinc plates. (*There exists an earlier state printed in violet
tones.)
Published by the artist. Printed at Mourlot, Paris.
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(Plate 49, page 68). |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Flowers in the Moonlight
(Bouquet au Clair de Lune) (1972)
Color lithograph, edition of 50
Image: 25 5/8 x 19 7/8”
Paper: 30 x 22”
Edition of 50 impressions,
signed and numbered, on Arches; plus 1 Bon a Tirer and 15
artist’s proofs (A to O), signed and annotated, on
Arches. Printed in four colors: charcoal gray, blue, orange
and metallic gold, from four zinc plates used to print Flowers
in the Sunshine. Published by the artist. Printed at Mourlot,
Paris.
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(Plate 53, page 69). |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Sand Roses (Roses
des Sables) (1976)
Color lithograph, Edition of 100
Paper: 21 x 25 ¼"
| Edition of 100 impressions,
signed, numbered and titled, on Arches; plus 2 trial proofs,
4 printer’s proofs, and 12 artist’s proofs (I
to IXX), signed and annotated on Arches. Printed in five
colors: pink, ochre, red, gray and brown, from five zinc
plates. Published jointly by the artist and the Vincent
Mann Gallery, New Orleans. Printed at Mourlot, Paris
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(Plate 73, page76).
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Youth (Jeunesse)
1976
Color Lithograph on Arches
Image: 22 ¼ x 16 5/8”
Paper: 25 ¾” x 19”
| Edition of 100 impressions,
signed, numbered and titled on Arches; plus 2 trial proofs,
4 printer’s proofs, and 12 artist’s proofs (I
to XII), signed and annotated, on Arches. Printed in five
runs in five colors: pink ochre, turquoise, light blue,
light purple, dark gray (printed from the light blue plate
after alterations) from four zinc plates.
Published jointly by the artist and Vincent
Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Printed at Mourlot, Paris.
Published in Stone Echoes catalogue raisonné
(p. 75, plate 71)
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
“In
the Garden” (Dans le Jardin), (1976)
Color Lithograph
Edition of 100 impressions, signed,
numbered, and titled, on Arches.
Printed in four colors: turquoise,
blue, green and black, from
four zinc plates.
Printed
at Mourlot, Paris.
Image Size: 18 1/8 x 27”
Paper Size: 21 ¾ x 29 ¾”
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Ballerina
Ballerine (1976)
Color Aquatint
Image: 9 x 8"
Paper: 19 3/8 x 15 3/8"
Edition of 100 impressions, signed, numbered and titled, on
LLF France; plus 1 Bon a Tirer, 16 artist's proofs (I to XVI)
and 1 cancellation proof, signed and annotated, on LLF France.
Printed in one run in three colors: burgundy in center from
one copper plate, gray on left and right, and ochre on top
and bottom , from four zinc plates, inked separately and assembled
on the bed of the press before each impression was pulled.
Published jointly by the artist and Graphicenter, San Diego,
CA. Printed by Denise Cote at Graphicenter, San Diego, CA.
Printing of the edition completed in 1979. |
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| The
Four Seasons Collection |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
The
Four Seasons Summer (1976-77)
1 of 4
Color Aquatint Etchings
Image: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4"
Paper: 18 1/2 x 13 1/8"
Edition of 100 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled,
on Rives BFK; plus 1 Bon a Tirer, 22 artist's proofs (I to
XXII) and 1 cancellation proof, signed and annotated, on Rives
BFK; and 1 proof, unsigned, on Rives BFK.
Published jointly by the artist and Graphicenter, San Diego,
CA. Printed by Denise Cote at Graphicenter, San Diego, CA. |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
The
Four Seasons Autumn (1976-77)
2 of 4
Color Aquatint Etchings
Image: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4"
Paper: 18 1/2 x 13 1/8"
Edition of 100 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled,
on Rives BFK; plus 1 Bon a Tirer, 22 artist's proofs (I to
XXII) and 1 cancellation proof, signed and annotated, on Rives
BFK; and 1 proof, unsigned, on Rives BFK.
Published jointly by the artist and Graphicenter, San Diego,
CA. Printed by Denise Cote at Graphicenter, San Diego, CA. |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
The
Four Seasons Winter (1976-77)
3 of 4
Color Aquatint Etchings
Image: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4"
Paper: 18 1/2 x 13 1/8"
Edition of 100 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled,
on Rives BFK; plus 1 Bon a Tirer, 22 artist's proofs (I to
XXII) and 1 cancellation proof, signed and annotated, on Rives
BFK; and 1 proof, unsigned, on Rives BFK.
Published jointly by the artist and Graphicenter, San Diego,
CA. Printed by Denise Cote at Graphicenter, San Diego, CA. |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
The
Four Seasons Spring (1976-77)
4 of 4
Color Aquatint Etchings
Image: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4"
Paper: 18 1/2 x 13 1/8"
Edition of 100 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled,
on Rives BFK; plus 1 Bon a Tirer, 22 artist's proofs (I to
XXII) and 1 cancellation proof, signed and annotated, on Rives
BFK; and 1 proof, unsigned, on Rives BFK.
Published jointly by the artist and Graphicenter, San Diego,
CA. Printed by Denise Cote at Graphicenter, San Diego, CA. |
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Rose of the Desert (1977)
Color Lithograph
Edition of 100 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled, on Arjomari
Arches. Printed in three runs in eight colors.
Image: 22 x 30"
Sheet Size: 22 x 30"
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Sunflowers
with Fallen Petals (1990)
Not numbered
Special edition
Dimensions: 31 x 25 1/2"
Serigraph printed in ten colors, edition of 1,000 plus artist's
proofs, created for Arts and Antiques to honor and benefit
the 30th anniversary of the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies, La Jolla, CA and printed at Studio Heinrici, New
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FRANCOISE
GILOT
Lucretia
(1992)
Color Lithograph
Image: 20 3/4x 15 3/4"
Paper: 25 5/8 x 18 7/8"
Edition of 60 impressions, signed, numbered, and titled, on
Arches; plus 4 trial proofs (1 to 4), 1 Bon a Tirer, and 9
artist's proofs (I to IX), and a set of seven unsigned color
separation proofs (for teaching purposes) on Arches. Printed
in seven colors: light blue, flesh tone, bistre, gray, ochre,
red and brown, from seven aluminum plates. Published by the
artist. Printed at Mourlot, Paris. |
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These rare and unique works were selected from the Gilot archives for this presentation. An opportunity is yours to share ownership with seasoned collectors, wonderful works by the remarkable artist Francoise Gilot. |
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