The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model is an original brown-ink etching and drypoint realized by Gabriel Girardi in 1970.

Hand-signed  in pencil on the lower right margin. Hand-numbered   in pencil on the lower left margin and in Arabic numerals.

Edition of 100 prints .

Passpartout included (cm 31 x 38). Very good conditions.

With incredible full hatching, the artist portrays himself painting a lying down female nude. The male figure portraying the woman has a palette on the right hand and he is painting on a large canvas. Interesting is the use of contrasts and lights. The figures are monumental and the volumes are linear, almost classical.

In very good conditions, except for light foxing along the margins.

Including a white cardboard passepartout, cm 36 x 44.5.

Gabriel Girardi  (Turin, 1938)

Son of Nardo Girardi, known painter of the group "Decalage", Gabriel Girardi is a skilled draftsman. In the fifties, he was called to portray Queen Elizabeth II of England. Currently, his artwork is held at the Kensington Palace, a property of the princess Alessandra of Kent, and fully represents the spontaneity, constructive firmness, and drawing energy typical of his production. From 1959 to 1961, he devoted himself to sacred art, without leaving out profane themes. An exciting experience would then be the one in direct contact with nature, in an island of nudists: rejoining the best Italian tradition.