Jean MESSAGER 1920-1999. Under the muzzle of a heifer, 1971. Aquatint.

Under the snout of a heifer. Etching aquatint on Arches vellum. Signed in pencil at the bottom right. Annotated EA at the bottom left. Titled at the bottom centre. The plate measures 73 X 89 cm. The subject measures 35 X 64 cm (to the plate) Published by Hôtel Sheraton, Paris. Printed by Pennequin. Catalogue raisonné Alpers Putman 188c. Good condition (discreet and small sun damage at the bottom right) Artist rated by Artprice. Composer, painter, engraver, and sculptor, influenced in his time by ecological issues and a fervent worship of nature, its vibrations and energy, an observer of air, frost, and light, defined by critics as a cloud painter or figurative/abstract landscape artist, Jean Messagier (Paris 1920 - Montbéliard 1999) kept himself apart from trends, schools, and imposed formats.