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Francois Houtin
 

See below for more information on the artist.

Selection of Works:

La Vue (Armstrong/Broutta 179)
Etching, 1981.
From "Cinq Jardins Cinq Sens", album
of 5 etchings with poems by Federico
Garcia Lorca

Signed, titled, annotated "EA 8/10 pl. no. 3".
(10 albums printed as artist proofs, + ed/90)

Image: 13.8 cm. diam.

Sold as a set: $1800

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L'Odorat (A/B 187)
Etching, 1982.
From "Cinq Jardins Cinq Sens", album
of 5 etchings with poems by Federico
Garcia Lorca

Signed, titled, annotated "EA 8/10 pl. no. 5".
(10 albums printed as artist proofs, + ed/90)

Image: 14.7 x 11 cm.

Sold as a set: $1800

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L'Hiver (A/B 209)
Etching, 1984.

Signed, titled, numbered from
the edition of 80.

Image: 23.7 x 17.7 cm.

$450

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Nostalgie (A/B 190)
Etching, 1982.

Signed, titled, numbered from
the edition of 80.

Image: 14.7 x 31.7 cm.

$850
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Awarded the important Prix Lacourière in 1981, French artist François Houtin has increasingly attracted the attention of collectors and museums with his finely detailed etchings and drawings.

Originally trained as a landscape architect, Houtin began studying printmaking in 1973 at the Atelier Jean Delpech. His work has been exhibited in Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S. In 1983 Fitch-Febvrel held the first individual exhibition of his prints and drawings in the U.S.

Houtin's subjects are highly imaginative renderings of trees, landscapes, and formal gardens. His work renews the tradition of the French classical garden, with the addition of his personal touch of whimsey and invention.

Longtime friend and former classmate
Erik Desmazières remarks that Houtin's etchings "are like variations on a musical theme, a music very ordered, very inventive and full of innumberable seductions."


 
 
 
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