Lars Bo (1924–1999) – “the Tide Rises,” 1968 – Original Etching, E.a. 5/10

Beautiful original etching by Lars Bo (1924–1999), titled “The Tide Is Rising”, created in 1968.

Print signed in pencil and numbered E.A. 5/10 (artist’s proof), on BFK Rives paper, bearing the dry stamp of the Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs J. Frapier, Paris. This edition is listed in L. Balfour no. 97.

A work characteristic of the poetic, fantastical, and dreamlike universe of Lars Bo, a major Danish printmaker of the 20th century who settled in France in 1947 and whose prints occupy an important place in the tradition of surrealist printmaking.

Lars Bo, “La marée monte,” 1968
Original etching on BFK Rives paper
Signed in pencil and inscribed “artist’s proof” 5/10
Paper dimensions: 55.5 x 45 cm
Plate dimensions: 36.5 x 25 cm
L. Balfour, no. 97
Edition by Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs J. Frapier, Paris
Dry stamp of the gallery

A very fine example, rare as an artist’s proof.

Shipped rolled in a tube or available for pickup in Belgium (Brussels or Namur)