Title: |
Le Forgeron (The Blacksmith) from Arthur Rimbaud: Oeuvres Completes |
Artist: |
Cochet, Gustavo (Rosario, 1894 - Funes, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1979) |
Date: |
1943 |
Medium: |
Original Woodcut |
Publisher: |
Viau, Buenos Aires |
Note: |
Gustavo Cochet:
One of Argentina's finest twentieth century artists, Gustavo Cochet first studied
under Cesar Caggiano in Buenos Aires, and then went to Barcelona at the age
of seventeen to study painting and printmaking under Jose Dalmau and Lotrenil.
Four years later he had his first one man exhibition there at Galeria Dalmau.
In 1920 Gustavo Cochet moved to Paris and began regularly exhibiting his art
in that city. He then enlisted in the French army, serving for a year. |
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Gustavo Cochet returned to Rosario in 1928 and in 1931 his
book, Diario de un pintor, was published. In 1934 he was again in Spain,
taking an active role with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Cochet
also became an influential member of the Federacion Anarquista Iberica
at this time. In this decade he created a series of 22 aquatints dealing
with the horrors of war, entitled, Caprichos. |
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Because of the defeat of the Republicans in 1939, Gustavo
Cochet and his family fled to France. Several years later he returned permanently
to his native Argentina, living in Santa Fe where a large exhibition of
his art was held at the Museo Rosa Galsteo de Rodriguez. He also served
as Professor of Painting there at the Escuela de Bellas Artes. |
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Gustavo Cochet was also a fine writer. Besides Diario de
un pintor, he authored such books as Entre el Ilanyo y sierra (1939), and
El grabado: historia y tecnica (1943). Today a large collection of Cochet's
art is housed in the Museo Gustavo Cochet, Funes, Argentina. |
Source: |
Le Forgeron hails from a limited edition portfolio entitled, Arthur
Rimbaud: Oeuvres completes published by Viau in Buenos Aires in 1943. The first
few opening lines to Rimbaud's poem read;
Le Forgeron - Palais de Tuileries, vers le 10 aout 92
"Le bras sur un marteau gigantesque, effrayant
d'ivresse et de grandeur, le front vaste, riant,
Comme un clairon d'airain, avec toute sa bouche,
Et pregant ce gros-ladans son regard farouche,
Le Forgeron parait a Louis Seize, u jour..." *Arthur Rimbaud
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Size: |
7 X 4 3/4 X 2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Framed with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $295.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon laid paper and with full margins as published
in Buenos Aires in 1943 in an edition of 1530 impressions. Signed with Cochet's monogram in the block to
the lower left. The opening lines to Arthur Rimbaud's poem appear to the left.
Le Forgeron (The Blacksmith), is in excellent condition throughout and
represents a prime example of the influential art of Gustavo Cochet. |
Subject: |
Gustavo Cochet, original woodcut, Le Forgeron (The Blacksmith),
Rimbaud's poems, artists of Argentina, Spanish Civil War, Federacion Anarquista
Iberica, French poet. |
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