Etching on vélin Johannot d’Arches paper. Paper size: 15.25 x 11.5 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Paroles peintes I, 1962. Published by Éditions O. Lazar-Vernet, Paris, under the direction of Odette Lazar-Vernet, Paris; printed by Maitres Imprimeurs, en Taille-Douce Capelle-Lacouriere, Leblanc-Robbe-Visat, Paris, December 5, 1962. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), Printing completed, December 5, 1962 on the presses of the Maitres Imprimeurs, en Taille-Douce Capelle-Lacouriere Leblanc-Robbe-Visat for engravings, and for typography, on the presses of the Maitre Imprimeur, Theo Schmied; Jacques David, providing the layout for this portfolio with fourteen original etchings and fourteen unpublished poems, two hundred examples were drawn of which, 1 example on papier japon nacré, bearing the number 1, accompanied by a suite on papier japon of etchings signed by the artists, a second deuxième suite of 13 etchings from engraved, striped and inked coppers; 14 examples on papier japon nacré, numbered from 2 to 15, accompanied by a suite of the 14 etchings on papier japon signed by the artists, a second suite of 13 deuxième etchings; 35 examples on papier Auvergne by hand, numbered from 16 to 50, accompanied by a suite of the 14 etchings on Richard-de-Bas, signed by the artists; 150 examples on papier Johannot, numbered from 51 to 200. In addition, it was shot on Johannot 28 non-trade nominative examples, marked H.C. From 1 to 28; 5 examples numbered for employees from I to V; and, in large format, 25 examples of all engravings numbered from I to XXV reserved for the artists. ROBERT JACOBSON (1912-1993) Danish modernist sculptor and painter Robert Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen in 1912. During WWII he had a close association with modernist artists that formed the COBRA movement, though he never joined. During this period he made monumental stone sculptures including series titled “Mythical Creatures (Fabeldy)” and in the late 40’s “Dolls (Dukkerne)”. He travelled to France with his colleague Richard Mortensen in 1947 and started making cast iron sculptures. He stayed in France until 1969 when he moved to Tagelund, west of Egtved, Denmark, to take up prestigious teaching positions. From 1976 to 1985 he was professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen. From 1986 to 1991 he worked with Jean Clareboudt to create a sculpture park at Torskind Gravel Pit near Egtved and Vejle in Denmark. Jacobsen was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal in 1967 and In 1974 the Prince Eugen Medal by the King of Sweden. Jacobsen died in 1993 in Tågelund. Robert Jacobsen's sculpture is represented in the collections of major Museums around the world including: Wilhelm Hack Museum (Ludwigshafen, Germany) Lembruck Museum (Duisburg, Germany), Musee National d'Art Modern (Paris, France) Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) Musee Rodin Paris (France) Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo, The Netherlands) Nationalgalerie (Oslo, Norway) Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, USA).