L'ours et les deux compagnons (from Les fables de la Fontaine) Etching and drypoint on Montval laid paper (with watermark). Signed in pencil and annotated 'epreuve d'artiste' (an artist's proof aside from the edition of 100), numbered 63 in pencil verso, unpublished by Ambroise Vollard (due to his untimely death), completed and published by Teriade, Paris in 1952, printed by Maurice Potin, Paris, with full margins (deckle edges on all four sides). Sheet Size H 16.5" W 13.25" Provenance: Teriade, Paris, France; Galerie Vision Nouvelle, Paris, France; G.M.B Galerie Internationale, Royal Oak, MI; From the Estate of a Private Collection, West Bloomfield, MI. Catalogue Raisonne: Cramer books 22; Charles Sorlier, 167. Accompanied by a copy of the letter from E. Teriade, Publisher, Paris, France to G.M.B Galerie certifying that the series of artist's proofs were signed by the artist in his presence.