L'Atelier de Perpignan
Colour wood engraving.
From the suite Vacances Forcées.
Published in 1956 by Roland Dorgelès in an edition of 198.
Dorgelès dedicated to the memory of his friend Raoul Dufy who had died in 1953.
Dorgelès chose 24 Dufy watercolours to accompany the text. They were reinterpreted as wood engravings by the master engraver Jacques Beltrand. During 2 years of intensive work, Beltrand engraved over 400 blocks, a separate block being required for every colour on each image. The finished work needed 140,000 passes through the press.
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Colour wood engraving.
From the suite Vacances Forcées.
Published in 1956 by Roland Dorgelès in an edition of 198.
Dorgelès dedicated to the memory of his friend Raoul Dufy who had died in 1953.
Dorgelès chose 24 Dufy watercolours to accompany the text. They were reinterpreted as wood engravings by the master engraver Jacques Beltrand. During 2 years of intensive work, Beltrand engraved over 400 blocks, a separate block being required for every colour on each image. The finished work needed 140,000 passes through the press.
