Lot #43: "Cool Cat" by Guillaume Corneille

"Cool Cat" by Guillaume Corneille • The official name of this piece is "Tigre Jane avec une Chanson" or "Yellow Tiger with a Song" • This specific design was issued by the artist around 2003-2004 in a limited, numbered edition of 199 signed and numbered copies. • This piece is not an original, and has no signature or number, but rather a Museum "replica" sold in their shops. • Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010), a co- founder of the avant-garde CoBrA movement. • The name CoBrA is an acronym coined by Belgian poet Christian Dotremont. It stands for the home cities of its founding members: Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam. • Formed in Paris in the wake of World War I, the collective rejected the strict rules of traditional art and the intellectualism of Surrealism. • The piece is made of a thin sheet of cut-out metal about about 1 mm in thickness. • The colours and designs are multi layered through a screen printing process, then hand painted, and a final layer of "protective gloss" or acrylic finish. • In good condition, no breaks, but there are chips and missing paint. View images. • 15 cm. x 19.5 cm. x 4 cm. Dimensions: 15 cm. x 19.5 cm. x 4 cm. Pickup category timeslot {A}