François BRET (1918–2004). - Lot 66

François BRET (1918–2004). A very significant collection of drawings, gouaches, sketchbooks, sketches, tracings, photographs, etc., from the artist’s studio archives and those of his associates. Some are signed, dated, and numbered. - Exhibition catalogs and atlases. - Numerous photo albums documenting trips to Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. - Personal documents. - Collection of drawings on vellum and handwritten notes, in a slipcase titled "Sur le vif et en vrac" (From Life and at Random). - Drypoint engravings and lithographs, *Voyage en Algérie et au Maroc* (25.5 x 33 cm), numbered 8/60 and signed on the plate. - Sketchbook by Anne Jean BRET. - etc... Note: François BRET was a painter and illustrator born in Blois who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Settling on the French Riviera, he rubbed shoulders with artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Jean Cocteau. In the aftermath of World War II, his work fell within the naturalist figurative tradition.