Apocalypse

Apocalypse is an artwork realized by Charles Lapicque   in 1974.

Original colored lithograph.

Good conditions. Printed by Mourlot , France.

This lithograph was realized  by the artist in 1974 for éditions XXe Siècle - Le Surrèalisme II - XLIII - 74 .

The artwork represents an abstract figure  with a long fiery red tongue.

Charles Lapicque  (1898 - 1988) was a French  painter  known for his brightly colored depictions of landscapes and figures.  His focused on the optical research, which would serve him well later as an artist with a particularly keen sensitivity to the play of light. Until the end, his artistic practice was informed by his interest in the precise study of color and his innovative experimentations with color perception and composition.

Gualtieri di San Lazzaro  (Giuseppe Papa, 1904-1974), editor, collector, and critic, gave life to a major magazine of contemporary art: he founded and directed the magazine  XXe Siècle , published in Paris since 1938, dedicating each issue to a different theme of contemporary art and illustrating it with original graphics by masters such as Arp, Henri Laurens, Miró, Klee, Moore, Marino Marini, Magnelli, Picasso etc.