Signed; André Verdet - [color-enhanced pastel composition with André Verdet's inscription; framed work] - 1997

Remarkable composition enhanced with pastel colors by André Verdet (1913-2004), a versatile artist close to Prévert and Picasso.

Board measuring 21 x 16.5 cm, accompanied in the margins by a handwritten note in pencil dated (1997) and signed by the artist: 'For Laurent, dear friend — this cosmogony enhanced with hand-colored details — space greetings...'

Framed print under glass. Frame size 24 x 28.5 cm.

In perfect condition.

"André Verdet (1913-2004) was very close to Picasso. A poet, painter, sculptor, and musician, this aesthete living in Saint-Paul-de-Vence became close to the artist when the latter settled in the South of France in 1948. [...] From 1957 onwards, Verdet, who said he learned to write with Prévert and to paint with Picasso, exhibited regularly. In 1961, under Picasso's influence, he created his first ceramics in Vallauris, at Madoura's studio. He published a collection of poems, *Le ciel et son fantôme* (Éditions Galilée), in 1975 and recorded his first album, *Picasso-Blues*, in 1980." (picasso.fr)