Robert LAGARDE (1928-1997). Composition. Black etching. Illustration for surrealist poet Guy Cabanel's collection "Les fêtes sévères" published by Fata Morgana. Subject : Height. 16.5 - Width 10 cm Leaf size Height 31.5 - Width 24.5 cm Three engravings by the same artist: - Composition. Black engraving signed lower right. Sheet size: Height : 12.5 - Width : 16 cm ; -Composition. Engraving signed lower left and justified HC lower right. Sheet size: Height 33 - Width 25 cm -Composition. Engraving signed and dated 1969 lower right and dedicated "Pour Claude Féraud" lower left. Sheet size : Height. 36.5 - Width 29.7cm (minor soiling, tiny folds) Provenance : Claude and Sylvette Féraud Collection. Surrealist artist, co-founder of the Fata Morgana publishing house and member of the Phase group.

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