Maurice HENRY.
Posthumous look. 1932.
Original gouache signed and dated on gray paper (14 x 11.1 cm).
Original surrealist painting by Maurice Henry, dated 1932, depicting an eye with, in the background, a building with an embattled tower.
Maurice Henry (1907-1984), alternately or simultaneously journalist, painter, poet, cartoonist, gagman, scriptwriter, decorator etc., had been one of the founders of the Grand Jeu before joining the Surrealists in 1933 and remaining a fellow traveler until the end.
