Rare! 1958, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, INDIA, 12 Lithographs SIGNED, 1/600 Copies

1,800.00

Ghika’s closest collaboration with publishing houses was with “Ikaros”, with which he made 13 works.

The India Scrapbook (1958), in which for the first time he illustrates his texts,

his personal impressions from his trip to India in 1958, divided into five sections (Calcutta, Benares, Bombay,

Jaipur, Kathmandu-Nepal) and accompanied by twelve designs in Chinese ink.

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Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas

I N D I A

These twelve designs (Lithogrpahs)  by Ghika were printed at the Lithograph

Erginou / Matsoukis and the text at the printing house Grafikai Technai I. Makri.

in December 1958  for the publishing company IKAROS.

Sixty copies numbered 1 to 60 were printed, which were not

be marketed, and five hundred and forty copies numbered 61 to 600.

 

Here copy 290

 

The Album is signed by the artist as well all 12 Lithographs!

 

Original Folder including explanatory text on 12 pages (6 Double Pages) and 12 Lithographs

Folder Dimensions: 43cm x 34cm  (approx. 17inch. x 13,4inch.)

Lithographs: 43cm x 33cm  (approx. 17inch. X 13inch.)

First and only Edition!

Original and Authentic!

 

EXTREMELY RARE! Only found in Museum and Foundations.

 

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (Greek: Νίκος Χατζηκυριάκος–Γκίκας; February 26, 1906 – September 3, 1994), also known as Nikos Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, International Association of Art Critics.                                      He studied ancient and Byzantine art as well as folk art due to his adoration for the Greek landscape. During his youth he was exposed in Paris to the avant-garde European artistic trends and he gained recognition as the leading Greek cubist artist. His aim was to focus on the harmony and purity of Greek art and to deconstruct the Greek landscape and intense natural light into simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes. His works are featured in the National Gallery (Athens), the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and in private collections worldwide.

 

 

 

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