Couple IV from "Trois Couples" by Johnny Friedlaender
Couple IV from "Trois Couples"
Johnny Friedlaender
Title
Couple IV from "Trois Couples"
Artist
Johnny Friedlaender
1912 - 1992 (biography)Year
1949 /1950/1967
Technique
etching & aquatint
Image Size
11 5/8 x 8 7/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
4 of 100
Annotations
gallery annotations on verso, in pencil
Reference
Schmucking 53
Paper
ivory BFK Rives
State
published
Publisher
Touchstone, New York in 1967
Inventory ID
20698
Price
$475.00
Description
After finishing his 13 image series "La Saison des Amours" in 1949 Friedlaender created a series of 9 (3 x 3) etchings between 1949 and 1950, titled "Couples." These were not editioned and were only proved at the time.
This semi erotic series was later published by Editeur Touchstone, New York in 1967 in a portfolio titled "Trois Couples." It was printed in an edition of 100 plus a special edition of 10 impressions with added plate tone.
Friedlaender's work became increasingly abstract and became non-objective in the early 1960s.