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Extremely rare edition limited to 33 copies by KARL LAGASSE
Atelier USA Collection - 01/2025.

Name of the work: ONE DOLLAR AMERICA
Size approximately 38 cm x 16 cm.
Production year 01/2025
Quantity (random) ***/ 33 Ex (random number depending on available stock).
Limited edition of 33 copies worldwide.
Signed in the plate with a certificate of authenticity by the artist Karl Lagasse.

Artist KARL LAGASSE
Karl Lagasse, born on April 4, 1981, in Paris, is a French artist. He created the sculpture "One Dollar" and the trophy for the 43rd Deauville American Film Festival.

Artistic career
Karl Lagasse's career began in 1996 with the sale of his first work in Antwerp, when he was 15 years old.
And a few years later, in 2003, he prepared his first exhibition in Paris, where he exhibited his works that combine collage and painting, as Yvaral Vasarely[4], the son of the Hungarian sculptor Victor Vasarely, had suggested to him during their meeting in 1998.
He began sculpting in 2004, inspired by The White Night [Which One?]. He then began to explore his style and launched the "Buildings" series, "totem" works composed of various materials. That same year, he left Paris to settle in Normandy.

And in 2006, Isy Brachot (a renowned Brussels gallery) dedicated an exhibition to him. One painting didn't sell. Karl Lagasse then offered it to an enthusiast who was unable to purchase it.
In 2008, he returned to Paris to exhibit at the Espace Pierre Cardin. Paintings, sculptures, and photographs were presented. A film about the creation of the works was also shown.
2009, the year in which one of the artist's most emblematic works was created, the One Dollar[7]. A work that stems from his admiration for the United States, but also symbolizes what is possible with just one dollar; "Making art with $1".

In 2010, he was chosen to represent the municipality of Deauville (Normandy) at the "Horsemania" World Equestrian Championships held in Lexington (United States), a town linked to the Normandy seaside resort, for which he created a sculpture.
After the international success of "One Dollar," he presented another work that would also become iconic: "Cryptogram One." It was unveiled to the public at the Art Monaco fair in 2011.
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, he created a 2.80 m by 60 cm wide "Building" out of cement, wood, glass, and photographs in collaboration with Corbis and exhibited it at the Carlton Cinema Club. Artists attending the festival were invited to sign the work and leave a message on it. Among them were José Garcia, Michel Hazanvisius, Bérénice Bejo, Gad Elmaleh, as well as Cuba Gooding Jr., Tim Roth, Matthew McConaughey, and Zac Efron.