Pierre Thiriot was one of the great 1920’s artistic designers, and this rare and exquisite painting encapsulates all of the legendary avant-garde flamboyance of the historic Ballets Russes.
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Pierre Thiriot was one of the great 1920’s artistic designers, and this rare and exquisite painting encapsulates all of the legendary avant-garde flamboyance of the historic Ballets Russes.
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PIERRE THIRIOT (1904-1991)
“CHOPINIANA”
oil on canvas, 200 x 200cm (78 3/4 x 78 3/4in)
signed lower left
painted 1928
EXHIBITED:
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 1928, (no.4132)
LITERATURE:
"La Rampe", No.546, Sept 1931, (p.26)
“Le Pays Lorrain”, Emile Nicolas, Nancy, 1939, (illus. p136)
“Dictionnaire Biographique des Artistes Contemporains”, Edouard-Joseph, 1933, (Vol.III, p.339)“
TEXT READS:
"Toujours tu fais courir entre chaque douleur
L’oubli vertigineux et doux de ton caprice
Prince du désespoir ou grand Seigneur trahi”
“Chopin”, Marcel Proust, 1896, (extract)
PIERRE THIRIOT (1904-1991)
“CHOPINIANA”
oil on canvas, 200 x 200cm (78 3/4 x 78 3/4in)
signed lower left
painted 1928
EXHIBITED:
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 1928, (no.4132)
LITERATURE:
"La Rampe", No.546, Sept 1931, (p.26)
“Le Pays Lorrain”, Emile Nicolas, Nancy, 1939, (illus. p136)
“Dictionnaire Biographique des Artistes Contemporains”, Edouard-Joseph, 1933, (Vol.III, p.339)“
TEXT READS:
"Toujours tu fais courir entre chaque douleur
L’oubli vertigineux et doux de ton caprice
Prince du désespoir ou grand Seigneur trahi”
“Chopin”, Marcel Proust, 1896, (extract)
