JACQUES VILLEGLÉ (1926 - 2022) Lot n° 9

Rue Bobillot / Place d'Italie, May 19, 1987 Torn posters mounted on canvas, signed lower right, titled and dated on back 170 x 250 cm - 65 47/64 x 98 1/64 in. Slashed posters mounted on canvas, signed lower right, titled and dated on reverse A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist dated May 25, 2019 will be given to the buyer. PROVENANCE Sabine Wachters Gallery, Knokke, Belgium Jacques Villeglé is regarded today as the emblematic French poster artist, his name inextricably linked with this technique. Indeed, Villeglé was a lifelong practitioner of lacerations, starting with his first poster tear-down in 1949. His best-known works include Rues Desprez and Vercingétorix, from 1966. The work we present, Rue Bobillot / Place d'Italie, is a continuation of his approach. This small-scale laceration is particularly representative of the philosophy of French poster artists. Indeed, they take posters as they come, without altering the result, and as proof of this, the works have their place of production as their title. Villeglé has come to be known as the emblematic poster-shredding French artist. His name is inseparable from this technique, which he began using in 1949. One of his best-known works is Rues Desprez et Vercingétorix from 1966. The small work we are presenting, Rue Bobillot/Place d'Italie, exemplifies his approach. It is particularly representative of the French poster artists' methods. They take the posters as they are without modifying the result and as proof the works are named after their place of production.