Rare Original 1969 Hand Signed 28 x prints BOXED SET Limited Edition Playa Blanca Lanzarote Ib Spang Olsen
A most beautiful, hand-signed in pencil, limited edition BOXED set of 28 prints from 1972 (originally drawn in 1969) by Ib Spang Olsen in original box. EXTREMELY RARE and unique find.
The prints depict traditional scenes from Lanzarote including fishing villages, portraits of fishermen and women, children, whitewashed houses, donkeys, mountains, beaches and coastline, when he was staying on the island. Please study the photos for the full content.
Absolutely beautiful, all prints are ready to be framed and in perfect condition, they have been kept in the box for over 50 years.
The set is number 33 of a limited edition only 50 from 1972.
Each print measures 35.5 x 47cm
Ib Spang Olsen spent time in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote in February and March 1969 and drew many perspectives of the island. Truly a superb feat. Only in 1972 were these limited prints produced.
He was a famous illustrator from Denmark and throughout his career, he illustrated for newspapers, magazines, books, comics, and even television and posters.
His most famous book illustration was the Little Train (in English).
Playa Blanca in Yaiza was once the tiniest fishing village on the island of Lanzarote. I was there when the beach could accommodate about 10 people in the 1980’s.
Now it has become one of the biggest tourist resorts of the island and is unrecognisable to me. It would certainly be unrecognisable to Olsen if he were still alive.
I OFFER FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WORLDWIDE.
Any questions, please ask. I am willing to consider reasonable offers.
Contact info@cesarmanrique.store
A most beautiful, hand-signed in pencil, limited edition BOXED set of 28 prints from 1972 (originally drawn in 1969) by Ib Spang Olsen in original box. EXTREMELY RARE and unique find.
The prints depict traditional scenes from Lanzarote including fishing villages, portraits of fishermen and women, children, whitewashed houses, donkeys, mountains, beaches and coastline, when he was staying on the island. Please study the photos for the full content.
Absolutely beautiful, all prints are ready to be framed and in perfect condition, they have been kept in the box for over 50 years.
The set is number 33 of a limited edition only 50 from 1972.
Each print measures 35.5 x 47cm
Ib Spang Olsen spent time in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote in February and March 1969 and drew many perspectives of the island. Truly a superb feat. Only in 1972 were these limited prints produced.
He was a famous illustrator from Denmark and throughout his career, he illustrated for newspapers, magazines, books, comics, and even television and posters.
His most famous book illustration was the Little Train (in English).
Playa Blanca in Yaiza was once the tiniest fishing village on the island of Lanzarote. I was there when the beach could accommodate about 10 people in the 1980’s.
Now it has become one of the biggest tourist resorts of the island and is unrecognisable to me. It would certainly be unrecognisable to Olsen if he were still alive.
I OFFER FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WORLDWIDE.
Any questions, please ask. I am willing to consider reasonable offers.
Contact info@cesarmanrique.store
Cesar Manrique transformed the island of Lanzarote, his birthplace, during his lifetime. Tragically killed in a fatal car accident in 1992, at just 72 years old, he was fundamentally an environmentalist, artist, sculptor and architect, deep thinker and lover and protector of his homeland. His work saved Lanzarote from becoming yet another spoiled Spanish tourist resort - destroyed by the need and greed to create an income from tourism at any cost. Manrique never forgot the history and heritage of his native island, built on volcanic lava and rock. He created a utopia of visitors' sites from the natural materials of the island - lava, rock, volcanic ash, whitewashed houses, cactus, palms and sand and sea and a vision of the volcanic island life that we hope will never be lost. Long may his legacy live on, as we take in the breathtaking beauty of his creations.
I myself was lucky to have been influenced by the island and the man himself, and of course the beautiful people of Lanzarote. My daughter is a Conejera (a female born in Lanzarote). This is my collection of work from both Cesar and the island of Lanzarote itself. Please do let me know know if there is anything you are looking for as I may be able to find it for you. I now live in Almeria in South Eastern Spain, a desert area that is also inspirational and recalls aspects of the island of Lanzarote. I am a total Hispanophile and Manriquephile, who will never forget Cesar Manrique's incredible artistry and influence on creating a world of art combined with nature.
