£600 

Rene George Hermann-Paul:
Il prend la poudre
Framed (ref: 6133)

Woodcut on grey paper

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 9 cm)

Tags: Rene George Hermann-Paul woodcut war No Mans Land WW-1 Paintings

Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection

The monogram PP (Petit Pierre) was one of several pseudonyms used by Steinlen. Artists like Steinlen, who usually worked under contracts demanding exclusivity, used pseudonyms to allow themselves to undertake commissions from other (rival) publishers without being able to be directly identified.