Eau-forte XXV, 1974

Etching in colours from 1 copperplate on Arches, 64,5 x 40,3 cm (sheet 75,5 x 63).
Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris, printers, Lacourière, Paris, editor. With the blindstamp “Atelier Lacourière Paris”. Signed in pencil and numbered 63/100.
The etched work of Soulages is limited, rare, only 43 etchings. In 1972 he stopped painting for 2 years, devoted all his time to works on paper and realised 14 etchings.
As an important representative of the Second School of Paris, Soulages is considered the greatest French painter of his generation and has received recognition worldwide.

Encrevé/Miessner, L’oeuvre imprimé 27, Hertert xxv.