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FRANCOIS BOUCHÉ (1924-2005) GRAPHITE DRAWING ON PAPER DEPICTING A FEMALE NUDE. FRAMED AND GLAZED, SIGNED.
AT 14 YEARS OLD FRANCOIS BOUCHÉ ASSISTED IN THE RESTORATION OF REIMS CATHERDRAL, DAMAGED BY THE BOMBINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, IT WAS THEN THAT SCULPTURE WAS TRULY REVEALED TO HIM. IN 1940 FRANCOIS JOINED THE PARIS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS WHERE HE STAYED UNTIL 1946. GREATLY INFLUENCED BY ENCOUNTERS WITH ZADKINE, BRAQUE AND BRANCUSI THIS GRAPHITE STUDY IS PROBABLY AN INITIAL DRAFT/IDEA FOR A SCULPTURE.
