Louttre B. – Veille d’Arbre – Original Engraving
Signed Louttre B lower right
Annotated E.E. lower left
(this was one of the artist's "epreuves" or test sheets)
Margins are wider than shown
July 15, 1926 – April 6, 2012
Also known as: Louttre B
Marc-Antoine Bissiere was born in Paris in 1926, the son of the well known artist Roger Bissiere (1888-1964), who knicknamed him “loutre” (Otter). The two worked for many years side by side. The younger artist adopted the name Louttre B to distinguish himself from his father and establish his own identity.
Louttre B developed a unique print-making technique of combining woodblock and copperplates to achieve a three dimensional sculptural effect. These marvelous large format engravings stand off the page in light relief.
Louttre B eschewed the pure abstraction of his father for a more figurative style, which he called “figuration allusive”. He also created sculpture, stained glass windows, and tapestries.
