{"title":"Irène Jacob","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrène Jacob was a French painter working in Paris in the 1950s whose practice occupied a fertile threshold between post-war abstraction and the dream logic of Surrealism. Her paintings, described by \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e in 1956 as populated by suggestions of insects, minerals and algae moving through dense, labyrinthine structures, drew on charged natural imagery — witches, nymphs, Medusas, sirens, sacred woods, strange marine forms — while remaining formally engaged with the dominant languages of contemporary abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob exhibited at Galerie Furstenberg, which was run during this period by Simone Collinet, formerly Simone Breton, through whose programme Surrealist networks continued to circulate in 1950s Paris alongside figures including Man Ray, Toyen, E.L.T. Mesens and Endre Rozsda. Jacob's position within this milieu — neither straightforwardly historical Surrealism nor simply abstraction — makes her an artist whose work deserves considerably more attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together exhibition invitations, catalogues and printed ephemera related to Irène Jacob and her exhibition history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"irene-jacob-exposition-galerie-furstenberg-paris-1959","title":"IRÈNE JACOB — Exposition, Galerie Furstenberg, Paris, 1959","description":"\u003cp\u003eIssued for Irène Jacob's exhibition at Galerie Furstenberg, 4 rue Furstenberg, Paris VIe, opening 22 April 1959. Original folded exhibition invitation and checklist, 11 × 13.5 cm folded, 11 × 27 cm unfolded; black typography on cream paper, printed checklist to interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-one works, and titles that read almost like a poem: \u003cem\u003eLa mémoire du sable, Le désir du dévorant, Le doigt de la Sorcière, La Nymphe arc-en-ciel, La caresse de la glace, Le rideau de la Méduse, Le boudoir de la baleine blanche, La sirène noire, Les nœuds du bois sacré.\u003c\/em\u003e No reproductions. No explanation. The paintings disappear; the language survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob had already exhibited at Furstenberg by 1956, when \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e described paintings populated by suggestions of insects, minerals and algae moving through dense, labyrinthine structures. She occupied an interesting threshold: formally close to post-war abstraction, yet retaining the dream logic, metamorphosis and charged natural imagery of Surrealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe address sharpens the picture. Galerie Furstenberg was run during this period by Simone Collinet, formerly Simone Breton and a participant in Surrealism from its earliest years. Under Collinet, the gallery became one of the places where Surrealist networks continued to circulate through 1950s Paris, alongside the increasingly dominant languages of abstraction. Its programme included figures such as Man Ray, Toyen, E.L.T. Mesens and Endre Rozsda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob's 1959 exhibition therefore sits in an unusually fertile in-between: not quite historical Surrealism, not simply abstraction, but a later continuation in which witches, nymphs, Medusas, sirens, sacred woods and strange marine forms could still operate inside contemporary painting. Closed, the invitation offers little more than artist, date, gallery, address. Unfolded to 27 cm, the object doubles in width and the exhibition turns into a sequence of titles. A small surviving document from Simone Collinet's Furstenberg programme, and from an artist whose position within the post-war Parisian avant-garde deserves considerably more attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: very good; light age toning and minor handling consistent with age. Original fold retained. Securely packed; tracked UK and international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galerie Furstenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54265249956178,"sku":"JACOB-FURSTENBERG-INV-1959","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Jacob_Irene.Showinvite_GalerieFurstenberg.1959.jpg?v=1786739557"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/irene-jacob.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}