$326
James Coignard (French, 1925-2008) Team, 1986, edition of 75 (Bergström et al. , 656). Signed "J. Coignard" in pencil l.r., numbered "59/75" in pencil l.l., identified on a label on the reverse. Color carborundum with collage on heavy paper, plate size 21 x 16 1/2 in. (53.3 x 41.8 cm), framed. Condition: Subtle rippling, not examined out of frame. N.B. James Coignard lived and worked near Nice, where in 1950 he became friendly with Braque, Matisse, and Chagall. He later befriended the modernist painter, Henri Goetz, who in 1967 invented the carborundum print (silicon carbide engraving). Goetz immediately taught this medium to Coignard, Joan Miró, and Antoni Clavé. Miró had a solo exhibition of his carborundum prints at MoMA in 1970. Coignard, however, was the most compulsive of this group of early experimenters with carborundum, and achieved critical acclaim for creating prints that possessed all of the texture of a painting with heavy impasto. Their painting-like appearance, marked by the deep, heavy texture of a bas-relief was owed, in part, to his thick, handmade papers. Coignard worked in vibrant primary colors - dramatic swashes of blue, red, yellow, green, and black - which are the signature accents of his abstract compositions.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-21
