GASTON CHAISSAC (1910-1964) GOUACHE N° 33 Gouache on paper Signed lower left Gouache on paper; signed lower left 34 X 25 CM - 13 3/8 X 9 7/8 IN. The Association "Cercle Gaston Chaissac" has confirmed the authenticity of this work. A certificate of authenticity will be given to the buyer. PROVENANCE Paris, Galerie Messine. Acquired from the latter by the current owner. EXHIBITION Paris, Galerie Messine, November-December 1969. "I don't call myself an artist, I don't call myself a poet, but I feel like an artist, I feel like a poet sometimes. I feel like a farmer. I feel like a trailblazer, a guide. I feel like a tamer. I feel ready. I feel like a traveller. And above all, I feel like a spectator in a play in which everyone and everything on earth plays a part. I feel like a soldier fighting for peace. I feel everything ... " Letter from Chaissac to Raymond Queneau, March 1946, Gazogène, July 1991.