Hoi Lebadang 1962 Boats Clothesline Seascape Landscape Lithograph Print 33"

Description

Mid century 1962 nautical Vietnamese waterway scene titled "Boat Clothesline. This lithograph print by Hoi Lebadang shows a semi abstract seascape in reds and oranges of boats and laundry strung over water, in front of a tree and a small cottage on stilts. The white space is stamped with six miniature landscape scenes and embossed CG and a floral design in opposite lower corners. Pencil signed Hoi (lower right) and numbered 345/375 (lower left). Plain wood frame; white and orange-red layered mat.

"Le Ba Dang (aka Hoi Lebadang - b.1921/1922-d.2015) was born in Quang Tri, Vietnam in 1922. He moved to France in 1939 to pursue an art career at Ecole de Beaus Arts de Toulouse. While studying there he was awarded prizes for painting, drawing, and sculpture and won his first commission. By 1950 the Paris art community had recognized Lebadang's work, appreciating the blend of European and Far Eastern culture and philosophies reflected in it. The director of the Far Eastern Department at UNESCO commissioned him to illustrate a book of poetry, published by Editions Euros. Lebadang was first represented in the United States, in 1966, with an exhibition of his paintings at the Cincinnati Art Museum. In describing his art today critics remark that it incorporates everyday subjects into dream-like expressions of thought. Lebadang, an accomplished printmaker, favors the techniques of etching, lithograph, and serigraph. He also has done lithographs using the name Hoi. Lebadang's work is exhibited in Dusseldorf, Paris, Nantes, Cologne, Cannes and Aix en Provence galleries. His work is owned in permanent private and public collections including: Rockefeller Collection, New York; Loo Collection in Tokyo; Verkerke Collection, Holland; Phoenix Art Museum, USA; Cincinnati Museum, USA; Columbia Art Institute, USA; Lund University Museum, Sweden; Foundation Museum, Kenya; and the Museum of Arts and Letters, France. " (Source: askART)

Condition

Good Overall - Some scrapes to frame

Dimensions

33.25" x 1" x 29.75" / Sans Frame - 20.5" x 17.5" (Width x Depth x Height)