Ivan Rabuzin — Galerie Mona-Lisa, Paris, 1963

19 × 9 cm. Offset print on textured cream card, blank verso. Very good vintage condition with light age toning and a few contemporary red editorial pencil annotations to the recto — the word vernissage added in manuscript alongside the printed text — consistent with press handling. Clean, unfurled example.

Press cocktail and private view invitation issued by Galerie Mona-Lisa, 32 Rue de Varenne, Paris VIIᵉ, for the presentation of works by Ivan Rabuzin. Jeudi 14 Novembre 1963 à partir de 19 heures. Parking réservé des deux côtés de la Rue de Varenne, entre la Rue du Bac et le Boulevard Raspail.

The invitation belongs to the moment in which Rabuzin’s distinctive vision of stylised clouds, flowering landscapes, and geometric vegetation first entered the Parisian art world. His 1963 exhibition at Galerie Mona-Lisa is widely regarded as the beginning of his international recognition, introducing one of the leading figures of post-war Croatian naïve painting to a broader European audience.

The card functions as a modest administrative object: a printed instruction for attendance rather than a work of art in itself. Its survival places it within the material history of exhibition-making, recording a specific evening of institutional and critical circulation. The handwritten editorial marks reinforce that role, suggesting use within the mechanics of publicity rather than later collection. They confirm passage rather than detract from it.

A scarce early invitation connected to an important moment in Rabuzin’s career and the activities of Galerie Mona-Lisa, a Paris gallery noted for introducing artists from the former Yugoslavia and championing European naïve painting during the early 1960s.

Shipping and handling included in the listed price. Carefully packed in a protective archival sleeve with rigid backing.