| Title: |
Shadows |
| Artist: |
Dillon, Henri Patrice 'Henri Dillon' (San Francisco, 1851 - Paris, 1909) |
| Date: |
c. 1890 |
| Medium: |
Original Lithograph |
| Note: |
Henri Patrice Dillon 'Henri Dillon': A premier turn-of-the-century
painter and lithographer, the art of Henri Patrice Dillon may not be classified
under any school or own way, leaving a legacy of masterworks stamped by
his unique genius. Born of French parents in San Francisco, HenriDillon moved
permanently to Paris when still a young man to pursue his studies in art.
There he was instructed by Lehmann, Frappa and Duran and he first began
exhibiting at the Salon de Paris in 1876. During the following years, Henri Dillon's
art (and in particular, his original lithographs) gained for him an international
reputation. He was a full member of the Societe des Peintres-graveurs and
became Vice-president of the Societe des Lithographs. Nearing the end of
his life, Dillon was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur by the
French government. |
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Henri Patrice Dillon's world was the circus, the ballet, the coffee houses
and concert halls of Paris. Other artists of the time drew their inspiration
from the same fertile fields, such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Cheret and other
exponents of the Art Nouveau style; but while they depicted its light and
life, Dillon rendered its mystery. The greatest master of the 'splatter
technique', Henri Dillon moved his figures in and out of compelling degrees of
shades, deliberately distorting the lines between substance and shadows.
Further, he was among the first to break up the pictorial space, giving
us seemingly disconnected patches or fragments of scenes, which under his
genius, relate and hold together in a way we cannot define. |
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Such is the case with the masterpiece, Shadows. Dominated
by the enigmatic face of a clown or Pierrot-like character, we move in
and out of shadows from the dancers to the small figure at the bottom
to the women seated at the table. Like all the finest lithographs of Henri Patrice Dillon,
this is a haunting work of art. |
| Reference: |
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs
et Graveurs, Librairie Grund, Paris, 1966, Vol. 3, p. 272. |
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Benezit also records that all of Henri Patrice Dillon's original lithographs
were printed in very small numbers. It was not customary at this point
in time to inscribe edition numbers, but one can safely state that this
lithograph exists in less than fifty impressions. |
| Size: |
13 X 7 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $850.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed on fine, toned Japon paper and with full margins
as published around 1890. Signed in the stone and signed in pencil by
Henri Dillon. It is a superb, velvety impression. Slight ripple in the paper
near the signature else in very good condition throughout.
This is a compelling original lithograph by Henri Patrice Dillon. |
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