{"product_id":"1975-edith-auffray-french-art-exhibition-lithograph","title":"1975 Edith Auffray French Art Exhibition Lithograph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1975 Edith Auffray French Art Exhibition Lithograph\u003c\/strong\u003e. Offset lithograph printed in France on gloss paper. matte paper. Promoting an art exhibition event of the artist's works in Paris, France. Featuring a a bold red velvet scene with a blade and hand sculptures, from an original work by the artist dated 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: \u003c\/strong\u003e16.5ʺW × 24.3ʺH. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eGood condition with heavy and faint creasing around edges and various spots across the print from natural age. Can be covered by matting when framing if desired. Price adjusted for creases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist -\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Edith Auffray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEdith Auffray (1901–2003) was a French painter and journalist whose long life spanned nearly the entire twentieth century. Active in the Paris art scene of the postwar years, she developed a distinctive style that drew on Surrealism while remaining rooted in symbolic figuration. Rather than pursuing pure abstraction, which dominated much of the Parisian avant-garde at the time, Auffray kept the recognizable world in view and used it as a stage, arranging figures and objects to charge her compositions with atmosphere and emotional tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHer paintings are characterized by a poetic visual language in which symbolism and illusion work together. Images that at first seem to suggest a story resist resolving into one, leaving the viewer suspended between narrative hints and dreamlike ambiguity. This careful staging, where the meaning of a scene feels just out of reach, links her to the Surrealist interest in the uncanny while giving her work a quieter, more contemplative register. Her dual career as a journalist may also have sharpened her eye for scene-setting and the implied narrative that runs through her imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FORM Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528624672946,"sku":null,"price":169.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/0956\/6386\/files\/1975EdithAuffrayFrenchArtExhibitionLithographCloseupFullView.png?v=1790199311","url":"https:\/\/formvintageshop.com\/products\/1975-edith-auffray-french-art-exhibition-lithograph","provider":"FORM Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}