Jean CARZOU 1957 L’apocalypse Galerie David et Garnie Vintage Mourlot
- Artist: Jean Carzou (1907-2000)
- Title: L’Apocalypse
- Year: 1957
- Exhibition Venue: Galerie David et Garnier, Paris
- Printer: Mourlot, Paris
- Size: 26" x 19" inches (Approx. 66 x 48 cm)
- Medium: Lithograph on paper
- Not Linen Backed
Carzou's work in this piece reflects his visionary and surreal approach, depicting a futuristic cityscape with delicate, spindly architectural forms set against an eerie turquoise sky. The intricate use of fine black lines, geometric towers, and glowing golden highlights gives the composition a haunting, almost prophetic quality.
This rare Mourlot-printed lithograph is a remarkable collector’s piece, ideal for lovers of mid-century modern art, French exhibition posters, and apocalyptic-themed artwork.
Unframed
Soft handling creases and soft folds other wise very good condition .
Mr. Carzou was known for his figurative style and the diversity of his subjects. Besides illustrating the work of many well-known writers, including Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Rimbaud, he produced painted porcelain and engravings as well as stage designs for the Comedie Francaise and the top ballet and opera houses in Paris. He helped paint the cruise ship France and at the age of 81 finished painting the walls of a chapel in the town of Manosque in Provence.
Posters as an art form were invented by Jules Chéret in Paris in the 1860's. Their proliferation and refinement were the result of advances in printing technology, a relaxation of laws regulating the press, and a booming demand for the advertisement of 'modern' products and of the Parisian lifestyle in the Belle Epoque (1871 - 1914). In journals, books, theater programs, and posters, the graphic arts soon transcended their commercial function and became art objects sought out by art collectors worldwide.
