145 - Moïse Kisling (1891–1953) – after

Moïse Kisling (1891–1953) – after Poppies, 1954 Color lithograph on Arches vellum. Signed on the plate in the lower left corner, unnumbered, as published. Dimensions: + Sheet: 38 × 28 cm (15 × 11 in.) + Image (visible area): 26 × 20 cm (10.2 × 7.9 in.) Condition: Very good condition. Fresh colors, halftones preserved, slight lack of ink in the orange poppy on the left, slight yellowing at the lower left edge of the sheet. Unframed. Insert plate by Jean Giono, *Provence*, with a preface by André Salmon, Paris, published at the expense of a collector (Bernard Klein), 1954. Printed in an edition of 280 copies; one of 175 on Arches vellum (sheet from copy no. 172). The book was published the year following Kisling’s death.