Roger VIEILLARD (1907-1989) Course des éléments, numbered proof 1/2 Sculpture. Engraved sculpted plaster, black ink. Marble terrace. Signed R. VIEILLARD and numbered 1/2 on the back. H. 31 cm - L. 35 cm Please note: Two plaster proofs of the model are known and referenced. The engraving of this model was originally taken from Roger Vieillard's illustrated book Éléments (1957), based on a text by Empedocles of Agrigento. Bibliography : Anne Guérin, with the collaboration of Virginie Rault - Roger Vieillard - Catalogue raisonné, œuvre gravé 1934-1989 - Éditions Anne Guérin / Somogy Éditions d'Art / Musée de Gravelines, Paris / Gravelines, 2003. Our work referenced under number 392 of the catalog raisonné, page 455; the engraved proofs also reproduced under number 392, pages 433 and 455.