{"id":1124,"date":"2017-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tajan.com\/the-philatelic-work-of-the-master-engraver-albert-decaris\/"},"modified":"2020-12-22T11:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T11:51:37","slug":"vente-timbres-albert-decaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tajan.com\/en\/vente-timbres-albert-decaris\/","title":{"rendered":"The philatelic work of the master engraver Albert Decaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>The philatelic work of Albert DECARIS (1901-1988)<\/u><\/p>\n<p>April 25th, Tajan\u2019s department of Prints will scatter at auction an exceptional ensemble of philatelic works realized by <strong>Albert Decaris<\/strong>, one of the most important French master-engraver of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1901, Albert Decaris forms in the graphic arts at the Ecole Estienne and then at the Fine Arts School of Paris. At the age of 18, he obtains the Grand Prix of Rome of engraving for his work \u201cEve avant le p\u00e9ch\u00e9\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/en\/asp\/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=1727++++++81+&#038;refno=++506660&#038;saletype=\">lot 81<\/a>). Requested by the Ministry of Post in the 1930\u2019s, he starts drawing and engraving stamps destined to the French posts. He will realize about six hundred stamps in 50 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This sale event will be presenting 92 lots in total and will be rhymed in three parts. In first place the Postal Stamps followed by the <strong>Illustrated Books<\/strong> by Decaris and finally his <strong>Non- Philatelic works<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concerning the <strong>postal stamps<\/strong> we will have the pleasure to present an ensemble of artist\u2019s proofs stamps from the airmail commemorative series \u201cAnniversaire de la Victoire (1946)\u201d reunited in a binding numbered 5\/30 (<a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/en\/asp\/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=1727++++++53+&#038;refno=++506764&#038;saletype=\">lot 53<\/a>). We can also retain a magnificent drawing by Jean Cocteau representing Marianne\u2019s profile (lot 11). A drawing picked up by Albert Decaris for his famous stamp \u201c<strong>Marianne de Cocteau<\/strong>\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/en\/asp\/search.asp?pg=1&#038;ps=30&#038;sale_no=1727&#038;st=D\">lots 12 to 16<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The part concerning illustrated books and non-philatelic works will also present very beautiful pieces, often rare, like an amusing ensemble of 28 engravings realized in 1988, shortly before his death, to celebrate the Centennial of the Eiffel Tower (<a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/en\/asp\/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=1727++++++85+&#038;refno=++507554&#038;saletype=\">lot 85<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/en\/auction-catalog\/1727\"><u>Postal stamps auction<\/u><\/a>\/ Albert Decaris, April 25,\u00a02017, 2pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/fr\/auction-catalog\/1727\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media media-element-container media-default\">\n<div id=\"file-18877\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<h2 class=\"element-invisible\"><a href=\"\/en\/files\/image\/decaris1jpg\">decaris1.jpg<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"content\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vente aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\" title=\"vente aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\" height=\"757\" width=\"1200\" class=\"media-element file-default\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/image.invaluable.com\/privatelabel\/tajan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/09205737\/decaris1.jpg\" \/>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/fr\/auction-catalog\/1727\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media media-element-container media-default\">\n<div id=\"file-18878\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<h2 class=\"element-invisible\"><a href=\"\/en\/files\/image\/decaris2jpg\">decaris2.jpg<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"content\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vente aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\" title=\"vente aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\" height=\"757\" width=\"1200\" class=\"media-element file-default\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/image.invaluable.com\/privatelabel\/tajan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/09205736\/decaris2.jpg\" \/>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auction.tajan.com\/fr\/auction-catalog\/1727\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media media-element-container media-default\">\n<div id=\"file-18879\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<h2 class=\"element-invisible\"><a href=\"\/en\/files\/image\/decaris3jpg\">decaris3.jpg<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"content\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vente aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\" title=\"vente aux ench\u00e8res de timbres\" height=\"564\" width=\"1200\" class=\"media-element file-default\" data-delta=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/image.invaluable.com\/privatelabel\/tajan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/09205735\/decaris3.jpg\" \/>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The philatelic work of the master engraver Albert Decaris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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