For the fourth edition of the Festival du Dessin in Arles, running from 18 April to 17 May 2026, the Fondation William Cuendet & Atelier de Saint-Prex lent approximately fifty works by Gérard de Palézieux (1919-2012) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi, known as Piranesi (1720-1778). Thirty-seven landscapes by Palézieux – drawings, monotypes, and watercolours –displayed at the Palais de l’Archevêché, while the complete series of Piranesi’s Imaginary Prisons is exhibited at the Museon Arlaten, under the banner Viva l’Italia!
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 – 1778)
The Giant Weel, 1745
Etching on laid paper, 554 x 408/ 772 x 539 mm -
Gérard de Palézieux (1919-2012)
Undergrowth in Finges, undated
Lithographic chalk on Nepal paper prepared in green, 304 x 476 mm
