"Robert West, The Little Glass"
Robert WEST (illustrator, active circa 1920-1940)Le P'tit verre
Pen, black ink and watercolor on paper
Signed and dated upper right Rt West 23, titled lower center Le P'tit verre
32 x 25 cm
One tear lower right, another centre left, folds
Note : Robert West illustrated Baudelaire's Amoenitates Belgicae, published in Paris by J. Fort in 1925, Les Fleurs du Mal, condemned plays, by the same, published in Paris by Paul Cotinaud in 1931, poems by Léon Vérane in 1950 or Le Masque de la mort rouge by Edgar Allan Poe, published in Paris by A. Sedrowski in 1936.
15 works by the artist, on the theme of caricature, madness and melancholy, are on sale at the gallery.
Provenance: artist's studio fund.
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