Buy DRAWING COLOURED WITH GOUACHE. ALICANTINA. ÉMILE GALLOIS. 1939

- Precious drawing made with the technique of ophset, and later painted with gouache. Signed by the author.
- Offset printing is a printing method which consists of applying an ink, generally grease, on a metal plate, generally made of an aluminium alloy. It is a process similar to lithography. It is one of the indirect printing systems, as the substrate has no contact with the matrix plate to transfer the image.
- The author Émile Gallois (1882 - 1965) was a French Impressionist painter and illustrator. He illustrated several books and portfolios, many of them focusing on costumes from around the world. He published the book ‘Costumes Espagnols’ with an extensive series of illustrations relating to the popular costumes of various Spanish provinces.
- The character depicted in this case is of a woman from Alicante wearing the popular costume of the area.
- Signed and numbered, in the lower right-hand corner is the signature and some information added later, such as the date: 1939.
- In the lower left-hand corner it is numbered: 32.
- It is quite large, unframed.