Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946) - Les Flèches et la Faux

Beautiful original etching by the renowned Ostend master Léon Spilliaert (Ostend 1881–1946), titled 'Les flèches et la faux' (sometimes known as La flèche et la fauve).
Georges Houyoux, publisher of Editions des Artistes, asked his friend Spilliaert in 1935 to provide an etching for the collection of stories Contes by Horace Van Offel. It displays Spilliaert’s characteristic mysterious, theatrical style.

Only 371 copies of this etching were printed worldwide on high-quality Vergé d'Arches paper, and many have already been lost over time.

Signed in the plate at lower right
Image/plate dimensions approx. 19 x 14.5 cm
Condition: The paper and print are in very good, clean condition.