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Aldo Crommelynck: A Short Biography
Aldo Crommelynck was the most important intaglio printer of the second half of the 20th century. In the early 1950s, he and his brothers made a name for themselves as engravers of the highest quality. Aldo’s skills caught the eye of Picasso; he would go on to print a staggering 45% of the artist’s overall output of etchings. Following Picasso’s death in 1973, Aldo moved back to Paris, where he was sought out by artists such as Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and Jim Dine. In 1985, Aldo moved to the United States and opened a workshop in New York, working with George Condo, Jean Michel-Basquiat and Yoko Ono, among many others. He was awarded the Grand Prix National des Métiers d'Art in 1989. -
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Step into the legacy of 20th century printmaking with a rare offering of etchings by Picasso, Le Corbusier, and Miró, each bearing the indelible mark of Aldo Crommelynck, the master printer who helped shape their visions in ink. -
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Le Corbusier
Four Signed and Dedicated EditionsIn addition to his work as an architect, Le Corbusier was also an avid printmaker. Always in search of artistic perfection, it was only natural that he should seek out Crommelynck, the finest intaglio printer the world had to offer. Le Corbusier had himself been educated as an engraver at the art school of La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland. He wrote that “…tapestries, drawings, paintings, sculptures, books, houses and town plans are, as far as I am personally concerned, one and a same manifesto of an inspiring harmony right in the middle of a new industrialised society.”
Scroll through the editions below, and click the images for full artwork descriptions.
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