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JEAN FAUTRIER Rare Etching French Abstract

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JEAN FAUTRIER Rare Etching French Abstract
JEAN FAUTRIER
Paris 1898 - 1964 Châtenay-Malabry, Seine-et-Oise (French)

Femme Etendue III / Reclining Woman III - 1941
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching

Title : Femme Etendue III (Reclining Woman III)

Technique : Original Etching on watermarked paper.

Paper Size : 18.5 X 26.5 cm / 7.3 X 10.4 inch.

Plate Size : 15.9 X 24.5 cm / 6.3 X 9.6 inch.

Additional Information : This work is Hand Signed in pencil at the lower right margin by the artist "Fautrier".
It is also hand inscribed in pencil at the lower left margin "essai (trial).
This is a very rare and unique (possibly one of a kind) trial proof before the final edition of 50 impressions.
In this trial proof the Fautrier used the create the figure in black line while in the final state of the etching he use the negative version (black background and white lines).

Literature :
1. Jean Fautrier, Catalogue raissone by Dr. Hans Gerd Tuchel, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 1973. Reference: Engelberts 154.
2. Jean Fautrier: Les Estampes by Rainer Michael Mason, Geneva 1986. Refernce Masson 236.

Condition : Very Good condition, a few stains in the margins.