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Auction History Result 5a007 ALEXANDER limited edition 26x33 silkscreen '67 art of Philippe Noiret & his dog by Saul Bass! Date Sold 8/8/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Limited Edition Silkscreen Poster (measures 25 3/4" x 33") (Learn More) Alexandre le Bienheureux (released in the U.S. in 1969 as "Very Happy Alexander" and also simply as "Alexander"), the 1967 Yves Robert French romantic comedy (about a lazy French farmer who has a very domineering wife, and after she dies, he finally starts to be happy and then he meets a beautiful young woman, who he thinks will make his life even better, but when he realizes she is just like his deceased wife, he leaves her at the altar and returns to his happy lazy existence!) starring Philippe Noiret (in the title role as Alexander), Marlene Jobert, Francoise Brion, Paul Le Person, and Jean Carmet NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Saul Bass Important Added Info: Note that this is a limited edition silkscreen poster created by Saul Bass himself! The following information about Saul Bass silkscreens like this one we are offering comes to us from longtime collector/dealer Dan Strebin, who was hired by Bass' family to evaluate his posters after his passing: "Frustrated by film studio alterations to his film poster designs, graphic artist Saul Bass chose to commission silkscreen prints of the purest unadulterated form of his designs, for his own use only, not for sale, and not for the film studios. For the first 10-15 years he had just 50 printed of each (plus 5 as possible rejects from screening error or other defects) which he would submit to graphic design competitions and publications, for museums like the MOMA in New York and the collection of the arts college he attended, and occasionally gift to people he worked for or with. In the 1970's Bass realized that he was running out of many of the earlier titles, indicating to him that 50 each was not enough of these, and though there is no evidence to believe he had earlier titles reprinted. He then changed all future printings, such as 'Such Good Friends' and 'The Shining' to 150 each, still only for his own personal business use, never to sell as a limited edition print. These are all hand-pulled serigraphs which were printed at Bass's commission by the Art Krebs Studio in Los Angeles, just around the corner from Bass's design studio. Krebs was the screen-printer of choice for a number of significant fine artists including Ed Ruscha. Especially interesting are the designs which the film studio rejected, which now exist only in the form of Bass's own silkscreens, such as 'Seconds', a design so brilliant that director John Frankenheimer kept one of this silkscreen on his office wall until the day he died. For anyone passionate about Saul Bass's contribution to film poster design, these silkscreens are the purest versions of his original concepts." Condition: very good to fine. There are a few minor border smudges, but otherwise, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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