Description
Colour lithograph, enhanced and signed in pencil by René Char, limited to 100 justified copies.
Superb captioned gouache by René Char, reproduced using the Jacomet process, printed for the exhibition organised in Cogolin in 1987 to mark the poet's eightieth birthday.
Unique edition of 100 numbered copies on Japon nacré paper, enhanced and signed by the poet.
"Afflicted by insomnia, René Char went through what he called "talismanic nights". During this period, he tried to deceive sleep by creating illuminated objects using paint, Indian ink, pebbles, bark, etc. Thus armed, he could create works as luminous as the flower is in the flame, the flame is in the storm. This drawing was originally done in gouache with collages and Indian ink. It is reproduced here using the Jacomet process, which produces a beautiful watercolour effect. René Char also added retouching in gouache to make the colour even more luminous".
(Sandra Chastel, Catalogue raisonné of the René Char collection kept at Museum Petrarch in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse , no 78)
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