Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches. Excellent condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Réalistes Lyriques, VIII, Collection Pierre Levy, 1973; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, November 23, 1973. Excerpted from the folio, This album, the eighth in a series dedicated to Mr. Pierre Lévy's collection, was printed in M examples on Arches vélin. Printing was completed on November 23, 1973 by Mourlot for reproductions of the paintings of the Les Réalistes Lyriques and by Fequet and Baudier for typography. Fernand Mourlot, Paris 1973. GUSTAVE COURBET (1819–1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. His independence set an example that was important to later artists, such as the Impressionists and the Cubists. Courbet occupies an important place in 19th-century French painting as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work.