Mario CHICHORRO (1932-2023). Characters. Ink on paper signed and dated 1967 lower right. Height 19 - W 26.5 cm (unframed) Provenance : Claude and Sylvette Féraud Collection. Surrealist artist, co-founder of the Fata Morgana publishing house and member of the Phase group. Catalan artist Mario Chichorro was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Musée d'Art Brut in Montpellier in 2019. His work can also be seen at the Fabuloserie in Dicy and in the "Neuve Invention" Collection in Lausanne, integrated by Jean Dubuffet.

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