Paul Jouve (1878-1973) d'après, Panthère noire... Lot 12

Paul Jouve (1878-1973) d'après, Panthère noire sur une branche, Wood engraving, printed on laid paper, watermarked M France, signed in the plate in red JOUVE lower right. Engraving for the illustration of Les poèmes barbares (1929-1931). 27.2 x 37 cm + frame 33 x 43 cm, Notes : Part of a rare series engraved by the engraver J.-L. Perrichon from 1929 to 1931 for the rejected edition of Leconte de Lisle's "Poèmes barbares", published by Gonin & Cie ed. Lausanne, In-4° (30.5x25 cm), the first version of which was engraved in etching by Jouve and Maillart. References: Félix Marcilhac, Paul Jouve peintre sculpteur animalier, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2005, woodcut, ref. and reproduced on p. 379.