GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Black Panther, 1926
Wood engraving on pearly japanese paper.
Print enhanced by the artist.
Indian ink wash, yellow and green gold and silver powder highlights.
Signed lower right and dated (26)
23,5 x 22,5 at sight.
The artist made a woodcut of which he printed about twenty himself.
These proofs were not commercialized as they were, and served as the basis for unique works, as they were entirely reworked by the artist, who used Indian ink washes and metallic powders of different colors, in order to obtain different effects for each proof, which are therefore unique original works.
Bibliography :
Gaston Suisse, splendor of the art deco lacquer. Emmanuel Bréon. Somogy Éditions d'art, Paris 2013. Reproduced on page 104.
