Louis-Joseph SOULAS (1905-1954) Les Ailes déployées - January 1946 Burin. Justified 29/80 and signed in graphite in the plate. Monogrammed and dated 46 in the plate lower left. 31 x 44.5 cm in sheet form Insolation and fold in lower right corner. Bibliography: SOULAS, André and Catherine, Louis-Joseph SOULAS 1905-1954, L'oeuvre gravée, catalog réservée, Lelivredart, Paris, p. 237, n°512 Note: Moulin de Lignerolles, on the left. You can see the wood and part of the Soulas farm buildings.

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