ORLANDO PELAYO OLD VINTAGE DON QUIXOTE SANCHO PANZA MODERN ABSTRACT LITHOGRAPH

VINTAGE MODERN ABSTRACT FIGURATIVE LITHOGRAPH BY INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN SPANISH PAINTER ORLANDO PELAYO.(Spanish 1(contact info removed)) THIS WORK DEPICTS THE LEGENDARY DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA. (Circa 1979) LIMITED EDITION 129/175 PENCIL HAND SIGNED BY PELAYO. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. DIMENSIONS: 25”W x 31”H Orlando Pelayo (1(contact info removed)) was active/lived in France, Algeria. Orlando Pelayo is known for Abstract painting, lithography, book illustration. Orlando Pelayo was one of the most internationally successful Asturian artists of the 20th century and one of the most representative of the Spanish School of Paris painters. Pelayo exhibited individually in prestigious galleries in Oran, Algiers, Paris, Sweden, Tokyo, Munich and, of course, Spain. He was born in Gijón and spent most of his life in Algeria. Pelayo became friendly with Albert Camus. He illustrated his original lithographs in the Literary Essays of Camus. After WWII Orlando Pelayo moved to Paris, where he was warmly welcomed by the considerable colony of exiled Spanish artists who clustered around Picasso. His work of art in many Museums including the Museo d’Arte Moderne in Bilbao, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias in Orviedo, the Pompidou Centre and the Musée d;Art Moderne in Paris. In 1992, after his death the City of Paris gave him a retrospective exhibition at the Couvent des Cordeliers. Don Quixote is considered by literary historians to be one of the most important books of all time, and it is often cited as the first modern novel. The character of Quixote became an archetype, and the word quixotic, used to mean the impractical pursuit of idealistic goals, entered common usage. Mid century modern abstract painting vintage cubism cubist eames