HISTORIC FRENCH PRESS
The great artists Manet and Degas would have been printed on this press, along with Rodin and Munch. The magnificent Press Fleury takes pride of place in Fiona Pole and Didier Presse’s atelier in Milpark and dates back to the early days of printing in France. It was built for the famous Atelier Georges Leblanc in Paris and is said to be more than 200 years old. The Johannesburg-born and -raised Pole worked at the Atelier under the tutelage of the last owner and master printer, Pierre Lallier, who gave her the press as a gift when the studio was forced to close. She shipped it to Johannesburg when she returned home with her partner Presse. It is still in perfect working condition and is now printing editions by South African artists.
The Atelier, 44 Stanley Ave, 011-482-2137