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Jean CharlotBorn in France, Charlot studied at Lycee Condorcet and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After moving he engrossed himself in the study of Mayan Art which became a powerful force in the creation of his lithographs, drypoints, and woodcuts. His dynamic sculptured style and sense of design presented monumental images which were published by printers he worked closely with, Lawrence Barrett, Albert Carman, and Lynton Kistler. While teaching in various colleges and universities throughout the United States he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to continue working in Mexico where he produced a portfolio of color lithographs. On his return to the United States he was appointed head of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Charlot also produced color illustrations for The Limited Editions Club publications of Prosper Merimee's, Carmen and Thornton Wilder's , The Bridge of San Luis Rey. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has the largest museum collection of Charlot's prints and the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lord,
star of the television series, "Hawaii Five-O," was donated to the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Graphic Arts. Charlot's last major project was a portfolio showing Melanesian culture, Kei Viti,1978, completed just before his death in Honolulu.
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Jean Charlot
French-American (1898-1979)
Tortilleras
12 x 9 in.
Lithograph printed in color on aluminum plate, 1938, edition limited but unknown. Morse 401. Signed on the plate and printed by Albert Carman.
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Jean Charlot
French-American (1898-1979)
Woman Lifting Rebosa
4-3/4 x 5-1/2 in.
Lithograph printed in color on aluminum plate, 1936, edition 500. Morse 276.
Signed and dated on the plate. Printed by Albert Carman with the extra margin at the top.
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Jean Charlot
French-American (1898-1979)
Picture Book
11-1/8 x 8-5/8 in.
Complete with lithograph wrapper, pictured, and (32) color lithographs printed on zinc plates, intact, 1933, edition 236/500. Morse 117-152. Signed and numbered in ink by Charlot, Armitage, and Kistler on the colophon page. Inscription in ink on front page, "For Charles L. Morgan grand father of Plate 15. With all the friendship of Jean Charlot-
Los Angeles 33," including a 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 in. sketch in ink of plate 15.
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Jean Charlot
French-American (1898-1979)
Tortilla Maker or Rest and Work
13-3/4 x 8-3/4 in.
Lithograph, 1937, edition limited but unknown. Morse 391. Signed and dated on the stone, lower left. Not signed in pencil as usual. Published by the American Artists Group.
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Jean Charlot
French-American (1898-1979)
First Steps
13-7/8 x 9 in.
Lithograph, 1936, edition limited but unknown. Morse 317. Not signed in pencil as usual. Published by the American Artists Group. Printed on wove paper with a watermark, Poype. Illustrated in Great American Prints, 1900-1950, June and Norman Kraeft, 1984, pl.24.
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Jean Charlot
French-American (1898-1979)
Mexican Kitchen
19-3/4 x 13-1/2 in.
Lithograph, 1946, edition 250, (final state,V/V). Morse 486. Signed in pencil. Illustrated in American Prize Prints of the 20th Century, Albert Reese, 1949, pl.39.
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