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Vintage Rene Ricard Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 poster with poetry and ocean

1990

About the Item

Original poster commemorating Rene Ricard's 1990 exhibition Paintings 1989-1990 at the Petersburg Press Gallery, New York. The image reproduces his painting, Mal de Fin, 1990. Ricard embellished a framed thrift store painting of a sailboat at sea, scrawling "Mal de Fin" in black paint over scribbled gold pastel and daubed pink paint. French for "Bad End", Mal de Fin may be a play on "Fin de siècle": the end of century, ending of an era and the beginning of another, and "Mal du siècle": sickness of the century, a phrase attributed to the 18th/19th century French writer François-René de Chateaubriand. Chateaubriand’s notion of turn-of-the-century ennui no doubt resonated with the famously moody artist. Condition: Good, with some wear as photographed. This poster is not previously owned and comes from the archives of Petersburg Press.
  • Creation Year:
    1990
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • After:
    Rene Ricard (1946 - 2014, American)
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Condition: Good, with some wear as photographed.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1211211197512
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