{"product_id":"original-charcoal-drawing-aperture-atelier-maurice-colasson-42cm-x-29cm","title":"Original Charcoal Drawing 'Aperture' Atelier Maurice Colasson 42cm x 29cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA halo of hatched light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for purpose. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt came to me untitled; I call it \u003cem\u003eAperture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original charcoal drawing from the studio of Maurice Colasson (1911–1992), the French production designer and art director who trained at the École des Beaux-Arts before working on films including Mayerling and La Reine Margot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainting and drawing were a private practice alongside his film career — reserved by nature, he rarely if ever exhibited, and work from his studio is typically identified by the \"Atelier Maurice Colasson\" stamp rather than a signature, as seen here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharcoal on paper. Built through radiating, directional hatching around a dense central mass — a form that reads unmistakably as a single watching eye, rendered through tone rather than line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt came to me from a specialist dealer in Colasson's studio material in France, with no further ownership history beyond that; the attribution rests on the atelier stamp, as it does across the wider Colasson market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn good condition, with some yellowing to the edges of the paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheet measures 42cm wide x 29cm tall. It's unmounted and unframed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree tracked UK delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donaldson Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53550828847432,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/6986\/5544\/files\/Maurice_Colasson_Charcoal_1.png?v=1784384207","url":"https:\/\/donaldsonvintage.co.uk\/products\/original-charcoal-drawing-aperture-atelier-maurice-colasson-42cm-x-29cm","provider":"Donaldson Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}