SIGNED WOODCUT Limited Ed. ~ FRENCH ART DECO ~ c.1935 Macaque Monkeys WOODBLOCK

Description: An outstanding Art Deco woodcut from French animalier artist Gaston Chopard (1883-1942). This highly stylized c.1935 print depicts a couple of macaques, a type of North African monkey, posing on the branch of a tree. The image measures approx. 8 x 12 in inches, sheet size is approx. 12 3/4 x 17 inches. It is a woodcut or linocut printed in black on cream toned Japan paper with deckel edges. The lower margin is numbered for a small edition of 50 and signed with the artist's stamped signature, it is also signed in the block with Chopard's monogram. Aside from some very minor handling creases in the lower left margin, it is in excellent condition and does not appear to have ever been framed or matted. Fine example of French art deco graphic art. Gaston Albert Chopard (1883-1942) was a French animal woodcut artist, painter, and decorator. An active exhibitor during the Art Deco period, he was a member of the Salon d'Automne, he also exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants from 1921, the Salon of French Artists from 1927 to 1929, and the Salon des Tuileries in 1934-1935. Chopard was also a founding member and regular exhibitor with the “Groupe des Douze”, an Animalier artists group founded in 1931 on the initiative of the sculptors François Pompon and Jane Poupelet. The other members of the group were; Paul Jouve, Georges-Lucien Guyot, Andre Margat, Georges Hilbert, Anne-Marie Profillet, Adrienne Jouclard, Jean-Claude de Saint-Marceaux, Charles Artus, and Marcel Lemar.

Price: 435 USD

Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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