(Claude MONET) LAUROS-GIRAUDON
Les Nymphéas, 25 photographies sous forme de films-contacts transparents en couleur
Bussière Arts Graphiques|vers 1984 ?|17.70 x 12.70 cm|25 films-contacts dans une boîte en carton
25 color shots of Claude Monet's Water Lilies, in the form of transparent contact films, individually preserved in a plastic sleeve. Each photograph is captioned in the margins with white marker. The entire set is stored in the original box of 'Typon graphic arts film' transparent supports, bearing a label from the Bussière Arts Graphiques company, with the inscription 'Nymphéas de Monet / Jeu de Paume / Avant Restauration'.
The contact films were used to produce high-quality offset prints, a specialty of the Bussière company, which notably collaborated with Gallimard for its prestigious art publications.
A true 'condition report' of exceptional rarity of the Water Lilies before restoration, these contact films are an extraordinary documentary and aesthetic addition to the modern history of Claude Monet's masterpiece.
The contact films were used to produce high-quality offset prints, a specialty of the Bussière company, which notably collaborated with Gallimard for its prestigious art publications.
A true 'condition report' of exceptional rarity of the Water Lilies before restoration, these contact films are an extraordinary documentary and aesthetic addition to the modern history of Claude Monet's masterpiece.
€1,500