Roger VIEILLARD (1907-1989) Alerion Sculpture. Etched plaster, black ink. Frame in stained wood, base in blackened wood. Bears a label under the base Alérion 398. H. 31 cm high Please note: Two plaster proofs of the model are known and referenced - three according to the artist's list (no. 20). Exhibitions : - Roger Vieillard reliefs gravés, Étienne Hajdu sculptures - Basel, Galerie d'Art moderne, 8 January to 15 February 1962. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Reliefs gravés de Roger Vieillard - Paris, Galerie Coard, from 13 November to 3 December 1962. An identical model, with a slight variation, exhibited at this show (no. 18). - Variétés : reliefs gravés, jeu d'échecs, illustrations pour Saint-John Perse, dessins - Paris, Galerie Coard, from 26 March to 30 April 1981. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Vieillard à Bordeaux - Musée des Arts décoratifs de Bordeaux, from 24 October to 15 December 1986. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Anita de Caro et Roger Vieillard - Paris, Galerie Coard, from 22 May to 22 June 1991. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. Bibliography : - Reliefs gravés de Roger Vieillard - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Galerie Coard, Paris (13 November - 3 December 1962), Éditions de la galerie, Paris, 1962. An identical model, with a slight variation, referenced and reproduced under number 18 of the catalogue, unpaginated. - J. Stockwood, Background for Art: The Vieillards at homein Apollo, the Magazine of the Arts - N° 27 of May 1964. Our work reproduced on page 432. - 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 and reproduced under number 398 of the catalogue raisonné, page 547; the engraved proofs also reproduced under number 398, pages 475 and 476.