The Hermitage Pavilion

Object Description

Medium: Original Lithograph in colours, 1990, on Arches watermarked paper, signed by the artist in pencil
Size: 770 x 560 mms , 22” x 30” (Paper size) ;
Edition: EA (Artists proof) There were 30 artists proofs and a signed and numbered edition of 150
Printed by: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Published by: Editions Maurice Garner, Paris
Public Collections: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Note: This comes from a small series Buffet made in 1989/1990 of the Russian Palaces.
The Hermitage Pavillion comes from a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, laid out by the orders of  Peter the Great. It was designed by Mikhail Zemtsov in 1744 and remodelled by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1749. and formerly crowned by a grand-gilded sculpture representing The Rape of  Persephone . These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the “Russian Versailles”. The palace ensemble along with the city centre is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Object History

Russian Collection

Object Literature

Literature: This is too late to have been included in the catalogue raisonee which was published several years before the death of the artist.

Object Condition

Good

Object Details