Pierre Boucherle (1894-1988) “Still life”

Country : Tunisie

Continent : Afrique

Issued on : 28/12/2002

Age : 24 years

Michel Reference
TN 1550
Stanley Reference
TN 1529
Yvert Reference
TN 1475
Themes
Arts
Description
This visual reproduces a “Still Life” by Pierre Boucherle, founding artist of the Tunis School movement. The work, representing a bouquet of flowers in a yellow vase on a table, symbolizes Tunisia's opening to modern artistic trends and its role as a cultural crossroads in the Mediterranean. By integrating this painting into its postal issues, Tunisia pays homage to the diversity of its plastic scene and to the influence of Boucherle in the structuring of the national artistic movement. It is a celebration of simple beauty and aesthetic sensitivity, testifying to the central place that the country gives to the visual arts as vectors of culture and refinement.
Size
37x52 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
DIAPOS
Printers
Tunisia Post Printing House
Perforation
13
Print
Offset
Face Value
0,90 DT
Mint Value
2,31 $
Used Value
0,58 $
Print Run
200 000 exemplaires
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