For you to enjoy
Here we have an image from the livres d'artiste by Chagall called Daphnis and Chloe. One of the 20th century's most outstanding works. This work took 24 lithographic stones to produce and was very tightly controlled by Chagall. There are another 58 colour lithographs in this truly monumental work.
How it began
Over a period of time the idea of an exhibition on livres d’artiste had been swirling around my mind. I approached Tony , Assistant Director, INNOVA with this idea and supported it with some well prepared research stating
1. there has been no livres d’artiste exhibition in Australia since the Brisbane Art Gallery exhibition 1992
2. such exhibitions have been increasing in popularity in Europe and the USA in recent years
3. it is time to have such an exhibition in Australia
4. the exhibition would comprise the best livres d’artiste produced post WW2 by the European Modern Masters
5. the focus would be a limited number of works chosen from Matisse, Miro, Chagall, Leger and Picasso
At Tony’s request I made a written submission and after further discussions he agreed.
