Jean DEGOTTEX (1918-1988). "Boule (I)". Mixed media on paper signed and dated "12.3.(19)75'" lower right, countersigned and titled on the back (slight foxing). Height 24 cm - Width 32 cm Jean DEGOTTEX, a French artist renowned for his work close to the lyrical abstraction movement of the 1950s and 1960s, gradually oriented his work around gesture and line. Inspired by Far Eastern calligraphy, between 1972 and 1976 he created his "Médias" series, from which our work is derived. The surface is divided between a plain matte black acrylic top and an Indian ink wash bottom.