One Phase of Love

Lithograph

1945

Signed and titled in pencil by the artist

From "Selected Tales of Guy de Maupassant," a portfolio of 20 lithographs, each based on a Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) short story.
Edition: 250, plus trial proofs
Printed on handmade paper by Lawrence Barrett (1897-1973), Colorado Springs, CO

Exhibition L&O 400

A collector of antiques falls in love with a dead woman whose hair is found in the drawer of a desk he buys. He searches out her past and in delusions believes she has come to him. He is put away as mentally unstable.

Sheet: 21 1/8 x 16 7/8"
Image: 14 1/4 x 10 1/2"

FA7703

$600.