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Jean Fautrier 1897-1964
P77121 Dark Landscapec.1945 and c.1960-4, pub. c.1960-4
Etching and aquatint 142 x 177 (15 5/8 x 7) on Vergé d'Auvergne Ancien paper 296 x 389 (11 5/8 x 15 3/8); plate size 151 x 184 (5 15/16 x 7 1/4); printed by Jacques David, Paris and published by Michel Couturier, Paris in an edition of 50
Inscribed ‘Fautrier' b.r., ‘48/50' b.l. and ‘Paysage Sombre 1941/17' on back top centre in another hand
Purchased from Berggruen & Cie, Paris (Grant-in-Aid) 1985
Lit: Rainer Michael Mason, Jean Fautrier: Les Estampes, Geneva 1986, p.41 no. 67 repr., as ‘Paysage sombre' (second state); Jeremy Lewison, ‘The Prints of Jean Fautrier', Print Quarterly, vol.3, Sept 1986, pp.259-60, as ‘Paysage Sombre' (first state repr.)… (read more)
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