Jean-Yves BOISLEVE, born 1947 Au bord du trou... Lot 7

Jean-Yves BOISLEVE, born 1947 Au bord du trou de l'enfer, Riantec - 2023 Linoleum etching printed in color using the lost-plate technique on pure Velin d'ARCHES paper (chiffon). Engraving no. 426 titled on the back, numbered 6/16 lower left and signed lower right in pencil. 30 x 21 cm At sunset, the Trou de l'Enfer fault on the island of Groix takes on a reddish hue, developed in this print to the red of hellfire, contrasting with an emerald-green sea to accentuate the complementary effect of the colors. --- Jean-Yves BOISLEVE, born 1947 Jean-Yves Boisleve's work revolves around "pay sagères" series, as written by the late Philippe le Stum, former curator of the Musée Breton in Quimper. These are suites of 10 to 20 engravings on wood or linoleum, produced in a very small number of copies (maximum 16) using the lost-plate etching technique. Many of them deal with places steeped in legend (the "Huelgoat forest" suite) or visited by artists who celebrated nature in Brittany (l'Aven, the Devil's Rocks, the Crozon peninsula). They resonate as a tribute to the famous engravers who summed up nature by drawing inspiration from Japanese formal language.