PAPART MAX, “e” - Oval bird, 1982 vasi in the original edition of

in the original edition of XXV + CL + 500 copies

The subject had already been depicted in Hokusai Manga vol

covered by nets to protect against hungry birds

It is possible that Hokusai observed this kind of element during his travels across Japan

with untrimmed margins all around

PAPART MAX, “e” - Oval bird, 1982 vasi in the original edition ofPerfetto esemplare, impresso su carta Moulins de Larroque edita da Jacques Boulan a Vigneux, e stampato dallAtelier Pasnic in complessivi 175 esemplari. Conservazione perfetta con margini intonsi. Bibliografia R. Green, Max Papart, Rizzoli, New York, p. 164, fig. 256 Catalogue Exhibition Max Papart: Master prints and other works on paper, 1978 to 1985,, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1985, p. 40