Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Paper size: 13.18 x 10.55 inches. Excellent condition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Éloge de Gromaire, 1958. Published by Editions d'Art Manuel Bruker, Paris; printed by l'Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris, and Daragnès, Paris. Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This work has been completed to print on June 9, 1958 by the Daragnès printing sprint for typography and Georges Leblanc for engravings. CC examples have been drawn, numbered from I to CC on Rives, including the first twenty with a black suite on vélin du Marais. MARCEL GROMAIRE (1892-1971) was a French painter. He painted many works on social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an independent oeuvre distinct from groups and movements. He was in the milieu of Picasso, Chagall, Miro, and Matisse.