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Sam Szafran

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Born into a Jewish family of Polish origin, Sam Szafran is born in Paris in 1934. Between traditionalist family life and the school of the street, he experiences a difficult childhood in the context of the war; hidden child, almost all his family is exterminated in the camps. After some years of exile in Australia, he returns to France in 1951. He enrolls in evening classes in drawing from the City of Paris. Szafran discovers his true place of adoption with Montparnasse. In 1953, he studies at...

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Beyond works currently in stock, it seemed to me useful to combine business with pleasure by letting you discover others works by artists in my gallery. These artworks, now sold or removed from our website, have been in our stock in the past. These pages will undoubtedly make it possible for some of you to associate an image with its title or the other way round, for others it will be a good time to discover more on such and such artist. For the sake of confidentiality – the pieces being no longer available – we won't display neither their numbering or their price. For whatever reason, make sure to visit this amazing art database with to date 6441 online works just for your pleasure! Michelle Champetier

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Original signed lithograph de  : Lilette à la chaise de Gaudi
Lilette à la...
2010 Original lithograph, signed and numbered in red pencil by the artist. Publisher’s drystamp. Editions Idem, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de  : Lilette à la chaise de Gaudi
Lilette à la...
2010 Original lithograph, signed and numbered in red pencil by the artist. Publisher’s drystamp. Editions Idem, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de  : Lilette à la chaise de Gaudi
Lilette à la...
2010 Original lithograph, signed and numbered in red pencil by the artist. Publisher’s drystamp. Editions Idem, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de  : Lilette à la chaise de Gaudi
Lilette à la...
2010 Original lithograph, signed and numbered in red pencil by the artist. Publisher’s drystamp. Editions Idem, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de  : L'escalier de la rue de Seine
L'escalier de la...
2002 Original lithograph, signed in red pencil by the artist. Without
Original etching de  : Philodendrons
Philodendrons
Circa 1985 Original etching, unsigned. Without
Original signed etching de  : Old woman with rocking chair
Old woman with...
1973 Original etching, signed in pencil. Without
Signed lithograph de  : Staircase of the Rue de Seine
Staircase of the...
2004 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Not realised. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read from or about the artist :
* « Sam Szafran, pastels », Jean Clair, catalogue d'exposition, Ed. Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, 1980
* « Sam Szafran », Jean Clair, Ed. Skira, Genève, 1998
* « Sam Szafran », collectif sous la direction de Jean Clair, Ed. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny (Suisse), 1999
* « Sam Szafran », Michel Le Bris, Daniel Marchesseau, catalogue d'exposition, Musée de la vie romantique, Paris, 2000
* « La Collection Sam, Lilette et Sébastien Szafran », Daniel Marchesseau, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny (Suisse), 2005
* « Le Mystère et l'éclat - Pastels du musée d'Orsay », Musée d'Orsay, Ed. Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN), Paris), 2008
* « Sam Szafran », Julia Drost, Werner Spies et autres, catalogue d'exposition, Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Ed. Feymedia, Düsseldorf, 2010
* « De Renoir à Sam Szafran, parcours d’un collectionneur », Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny (Suisse), 2011
* « Sam Szafran », entretiens avec Alain Veinstein, Ed. Flammarion, Paris, 2013
* « Sam Szafran, cinquante ans de peinture », Daniel Marchesseau et autres, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny (Suisse), 2013


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