Yellow Sun by Georges Item
Yellow Sun
Georges Item
Title
Yellow Sun
Artist
Georges Item
1927 - 1990 (biography)Year
1958
Technique
lithograph in 6 colors
Image Size
13 x 15 3/4" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
139 of 200
Annotations
pencil signed, dated, and numbered; stamped on verso " Made in Switzerland / Editor: Arta Zurich"
Reference
IGAS35, Sept, 1959
Paper
BFK Rives
State
published
Publisher
International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS)
Inventory ID
14052
Price
SOLD
Description
This abstract color lithograph, by Swiss artist Georges Item, was done for the International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS) in an edition of 200 plus 10 artist's proofs. Half the edition (100 impressions) was sold in the US and the other half in Europe.
The entry in the IGAS catalog 35 of September 1959 notes: 'Georges Item was born in Switzerland. After completing his studies there, he established himself at St. Remy, in the Provence region of France. He was soon won completely by this meridianal countryside known as the Camargue....
Not content to reproduce merely the "skeleton" of the landscape, he wanted to show its eternal unchanging qualities. The artist works in painting, printmaking and fresco.