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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | COBRA (or CoBrA) was a European avant-garde movement active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels (Br), Amsterdam (A). COBRA was formed by Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Christian Dotremont, Asger Jorn, and Joseph Noiret on 8 November 1948 in the Café Notre-Dame, Paris,[1] with the signing of a manifesto, "La Cause Était Entendue" ("The Case Was Settled"),[2] drawn up by Dotremont. Formed with a unifying doctrine of complete freedom of colour and form, as well as antipathy towards Surrealism, the artists also shared an interest in Marxism as well as modernism. |
| Face value | 17 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2796 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BE 1688 Yvert et Tellier BE 2744 Stanley Gibbons BE 3425 Belgium BE 2744 Unificato BE 2744 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 07/02/1998 |
| Designer | Michel Olyff / P.P.G. de Schutter |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 44.00 mm |
| Width | 51.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
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