Jean SOUVERBIE (1891-1981 )Le Feu et l'air, 1946Gouache . Signed and dedicated lower right: "to my student and friend J. B. Bray/affectionately/Souverbie". (Folds, paper insolate and small holes). 25 x 49,5 cmProvenance : Collection Jean-Paul Bray. By descent. Exhibition: Souverbie 1891-1981, Grenier à sel, Honfleur, July-August 1983, n° 35. this is a study for one of the five panels "La Pensée humaine dominant les éléments" executed "a fresco" at the Palais d'Iéna, in the amphitheatre of the Musée des Travaux Publics . We thank Mr. Frédéric Souverbie for confirming the authenticity of this work.