Pierre Roy 1880-1950
Étude pour Les filles sauvages, 1913
Charcoal on paper
58 x 34.5 cm
22 7/8 x 13 5/8 in
22 7/8 x 13 5/8 in
Exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants in 1913, Pierre Roy's painting was noticed by Apollinaire, who gave it a glowing review. The following year, Apollinaire planned to publish...
Exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants in 1913, Pierre Roy's painting was noticed by Apollinaire, who gave it a glowing review. The following year, Apollinaire planned to publish a collection of ideograms, Et moi aussi je suis peintre [And I Too Am a Painter], with a frontispiece featuring a portrait of the author engraved on wood by Pierre Roy after Giorgio de Chirico.
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