Colour lithograph on Arches paper, Bernard Lorjou, Des Fols, Antinea, 1959

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Colour lithograph on Arches paper, Bernard Lorjou, Des Fols, Antinea, 1959

Bernard Lorjou, Des Fols, Antinea, 1959
Colour lithograph on Arches paper
Number 1/65
The work bears the artist’s signature, title, date and individual number (pencil)
Sheet dimensions 65/45
Unframed

Bernard Lorjou lived from 1908 to 1986. He was a French Expressionist painter and a founding member of the anti-abstract art group L’homme Témoin. At the age of 13, he went to Paris, where, through contacts with anarchists from Libertaire, he discovered the work of Édouard Manet. In 1931, he visited Spain. There, he encountered the work of El Greco, Velázquez and, above all, Goya, who inspired him to paint socio-political events. In 1969, he created a series of paintings depicting the murder of Sharon Tate by members of Charles Manson’s religious group The Family. Lorjou held numerous exhibitions around the world. His oeuvre includes paintings, lithographs, woodcuts, sculptures, murals and stained glass.

The work was executed on Arches paper. This is watercolour paper made exclusively using traditional methods on cylinder presses, giving it a regular texture. The cotton fibres are evenly distributed, making the structure of the paper more stable and resistant to deformation. It is coated with a layer of natural gelatin, allowing it to be stretched without the risk of tearing. It also retains the natural intensity and luminosity of colours, except in the case of paints with a natural tendency to penetrate the paper’s structure.

The work is in original vintage condition.