Lot n° 27
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
Roswell KELLER (1915–1975) - Lot 27
Roswell KELLER (1915–1975)
“The Escape to the Free Zone” Gouache, 35x33 cm (frame 50x48 cm), dated 1961, signed and inscribed “To Marcel Haedrich .”
In 1939, Marcel Haedrich was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany. He was released along with the other Alsatians in December 1940 and made his way to the Free Zone with the help of railroad workers. This scene was reenacted and photographed to illustrate an excerpt from Marcel Haedrich’s book *La rose et les soldats* and its publication in the magazine *Marie-Claire* in 1961. That same year, Keller immortalized it in this superb gouache. Roswell Keller, an American illustrator and painter, was famous for his numerous illustrations for magazines, books, and posters, particularly those featuring “pin-ups.”
Marcel HAEDRICH (1913–2003) Collection and by descent. A star journalist for major newspapers, an author (30 books), an inventive and creative man who, in 1944, founded “L’homme libre,” the first newspaper of liberated France; upon liberation, he launched “Samedi Soir” and edited “Marie-Claire ”…
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