BOTT, Francis

Francis Bott signed lithograph 1951 (Henze 184)

Description

Francis Bott lithograph printed on handmade paper with the  Marais watermark. Printed in green, grey, yellow and black, the lithograph is signed, dated ‘51 by the artist. From a very small edition size. The sheet has some light handling folds, otherwise in good condition. Possibly a rare colour variant to the one illustrated in the Henze book. Scarce.

Image size 38 x 48 cm  (15.5 x 19.5 inches
Sheet Size 50 x 65 cm (20 x 25.5 inches)

Item details

Reference: Henze 184 ‘Composition. Serigraphie (?) 1950 Sammlung: Verbleib unbekannt. Bemerkung:Foto im Archiv des Kunstlers. ‘

Provenance: Purchased at the ‘Works from the  Studio of Francis Bott (1904-1998)’ Sale, Christie’s, London, 16th November 2006.

In the 1930’s-40’s Bott exhibited at the Galerie Maeght Surrealist  show organised by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. However, after 1948 Bott’s work transformed into abstraction and he was showing alongside Pierre Soulages, Hans Hartung and Ben Nicholson. A film made in 1957 about him, Soulages and Vieira da Silva, titled ‘Three Artists From Montparnasse’  they were the centre of the École de Paris movement  at the time.The lithograph was made in this period.