JACQUES SULTANA | L'OISEAU RARE

J. B. Rund (bookplate on backing of frame; acquired from the artist, Paris, 1975).

Jacques Sultana was a French painter of male nudes and sometime fashion illustrator. In the 1970's, he produced a remarkable series of graphite drawings centering on male nudes and employing surrealist or psychedelic motifs. L'Oiseau rare, executed 1975, is one of the best of these.