PAUL JOUVE (1878-1973) Black Panther, the model created in [1931], proof numbered I/XI Original etching. Rare proof on old Japon paper. Presented in a modern light oak frame. Signed JOUVE and numbered I/XI lower left, bears the dry stamp P. JOUVE lower right. Sheet alone: 38 x 46.5cm With frame: 52 x 61cm Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner's father. Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the artist's successor for confirming the authenticity of this work. Historical background: This etching is part of a series of ten etchings and a frontispiece, published by Éditions Apollo for Galerie Weill in 1931. This edition consisted of a series of proofs on Japon nacré paper numbered to 100 copies, and a series of deluxe proofs on Japon ancien paper; these ten deluxe albums on Japon ancien were numbered from I to XI, and our etching is the first of the 11 deluxe proofs. Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac - Paul Jouve- Peintre sculpteur animalier- Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005. The model of our etching is reproduced on page 209 and page 370 in the catalog of principal etchings.