1923 - Lot 128

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1923 - Lot 128
1923 [AYMEE (Alix)] [FAUTEREAU-VASSEL (Alix de)] Yunnan Fou. 12 color prints designed and engraved by A. de FAUTEREAU-VASSEL. Hardcover portfolio with corner protectors. Complete with its 12 color woodcuts, engraved and monogrammed by Alix de Fautereau (Alix Aymé). Each print is mounted on a sheet, captioned, numbered 5/50 in pencil in the lower left corner, and signed in pencil in the lower right corner. (Stitched binding). “Yunnan Fou seems to me to be the most beautiful city in the world” In a letter addressed to Maurice Denis, her teacher, Alix Aymé discusses her work in Yunnan Fou and the color woodcuts she was practicing under the guidance of “a Japanese man” (editor’s note: Foujita). It is an explosion of colors for the artist, who beautifully captures “the blue Chinese women [...] episcopal purples, cardinal reds, and all the oranges (...) spilling out along the cobblestone streets.” Alix Aymé’s stay in Yunnan Fou is beautifully recounted in Werner Gagneron’s essential biography: *Alix Aymé: Painter—An Indochinese Passion*. Les Chemins de Traverse, 2025.
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