"Gen Paul Montmartre "
Aquatint in colors representing Rue des Saules by the famous painter Gen Paul. Eugène Paul was born in Montmartre in 1895, he enlisted at the start of the First World War from which he returned with one leg. He trained in engraving with Eugène Delatre and followed the advice of Maurice Utrillo, Juan Gris and Maurice Vlaminck. His first paintings and engravings, executed between 1919 and 1924, were signed under the pseudonym Jean Terlade. The engraving is just under a glass, signed lower right and titled upper left rue des Saules.