Jean Cassarini : Arlequin et Mandoline, c. 1965 (Watercolour)

By CASSARINI Jean (1960-2005)

Jean Cassarini (1910 – 2005)
Arlequin et Mandoline, c. 1965
Watercolour
Signed and inscribed by hand: “Amicalement à Yves”

Dimensions:
Sheet 29.7 × 21 cm (11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in.)

Condition: good condition, unframed

Provenance: Livre d’Or de Yves Guérin, compiled 1963–1992 (single-owner provenance; the dedications place the collector in the Riviera and Dinard casino milieu).

Description: A harlequin with a mandolin — a Commedia dell’Arte motif recurrent in the artist’s work — painted in watercolour in the collector’s guest book. Born in Nice in 1910, Jean Cassarini trained at the city’s École des Arts Décoratifs, worked as a press illustrator and theatre decorator, and was a founder of the UMAM (Union Méditerranéenne pour l’Art Moderne), the leading modern-art association of the Riviera — placing him at the heart of Yves Guérin’s Nice circle. Dedicated by hand to the collector.

Price : 150,00 € ( 170.00 USD )