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A drawing and 2 prints of an etching by the Polish/French artist Abraham Krol (1919-2001). -The drawing is signed in pencil. The 2 etchings are signed and numbered in pencil. lower right. -The drawing and the 2 etchings are not framed and have never been framed. They have been kept rolled up all the time. -Origin: From an estate. -1. Drawing: Dimensions: Sheet, 43 x 29 cm. Condition: the paper has acid spots and has been stored rolled up. -2. Etching: Numbered IV of XII. Sheet, 56½ x 38 cm. Image / etching, approx. 40 x 27 cm. Condition: In very good condition. Kept rolled up. -3. Etching: Printed on thin (blotting) paper. Numbered II of XII. Sheet, 55 x 38 cm. Image / etching, approx. 40 x 27 cm. Condition: the paper has creases and folds. Please also see the photos for your own impression.
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Information about the artist: Abraham / Abram Krol (Pabianice, Lodz, Poland, January 22, 1919 – Paris, October 9, 2001), was a Polish/French painter, engraver and graphic artist. -Education: At the age of nineteen, in 1938, he left his native Poland for France. After two years of study at the Technical Institute for Civil Engineering in Caen, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Avignon. In 1939, at the beginning of World War II, he joined the Foreign Legion. After being demobilized, he became a mechanic in a garage in Avignon. Although Jewish, he survived the war with false identities. In 1944 he moved to Paris. His first exhibition was in Paris in 1946 at the Katia Granoff Gallery.` Abraham Krol illustrated over twenty literary works from the late forties to the sixties. For example, he illustrated the book “Thésée” by André Gide from 1946 with 24 color woodcuts. He also engraved medals and tokens for the Paris Mint and painted murals for French schools. He also designed tapestries and painted over 200 enamel works. His work can be found in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the British Museum, London; Houghton Library at Harvard in Boston; Bodleian Library, Oxford and the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. In 1960 he was invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale. He exhibited extensively all over the world and won many prizes.
Handling : -The drawing and the 2 etchings can be picked up in Amsterdam. -The drawing and the 2 etchings can be sent by registered mail via PostNL.
Postage costs : -Within the Netherlands: 9.00 euros. -To Belgium, France and Germany: 15.00 euros.
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Condition
Condition
Reasonable
Shipment
Pick up
The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shipment
Parcel post
Price
Up to 2 kg.
Within The Netherlands
€9.00
To Belgium
€15.00
To Germany
€15.00
Within EU
€17.50
Worldwide
€30.00
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