“Dame aux Deux Bougies” by Théo Tobiasse
 French Impressionist and Modern Artist

This heavily embossed Carborundum Gravure abounds with considerable original multi-media hand-work in oil pastel, and pencil. Created in 1982, this edition is limited to 100/100 plus a few E.A.'s and Hors d'Commerce Proofs (HC) that are  prints identical to the edition print intended to be used as samples to show to dealers and galleries. These proofs may or may not be signed by the artist.

This work is certified 52/100 and measures 10” X 7.75”.  It is printed on Duchene “Moulin de Larroque” paper with deckled edges. All plates were created by the artist and hand printed under his direct supervision in collaboration with the renown artist and print-maker, Bernard Remusat in France.  The plates have been defaced. 

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Théo Tobiasse was born in Palestine in 1927 and was brought to Paris as a child. He created his earliest drawings before World War II. After the war, having spent the crucial years of his youth hiding from the Nazis in a Paris apartment, he became a successful commercial designer until 1961, when he decided to devote his full attention to painting.

Tobiasse's style of painting is highly sophisticated. His technique is a painterly blend of surrealism, expressionism, and modern primitivism. His themes are literary, often biblical, and at times, erotic. His paintings seem to transcend history - fusing dreams, mythologies, biblical stories and his own past - into rich metaphors for the world of the present. It is  his unique Abstraction and Realism style that makes this work a rare and highly praised edition.

An internationally acclaimed artist, Tobiasse's works are included in numerous private, corporate and museum collections worldwide.

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