Original drawing – “ The Songs of Maldoror ”
Grease crayon on paper, with handwritten annotation.
One folio page (22 x 29cm). 1951/52.
Preparatory study for the work of the Count of Lautréamont " The Songs of Maldoror ", published in 1952
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Bernard BUFFET (1928.1999)
Original drawing – “ The Songs of Maldoror ”
Grease crayon on paper, with handwritten annotation.
One folio page (22 x 29cm). 1951/52.
Preparatory study for the work of the Comte de Lautréamont " Les Chants de Maldoror ", published in 1952 in a single edition of 147 copies and illustrated with 125 original drypoint etchings by Bernard Buffet
Our drawing illustrates here the 5th song reproduced in the book.
This same drawing is referenced in the book "Bernard Buffet Graveur", pp. 128 and 225.