Image dimensions: 16 x 20 cm
Vautour pape is beautiful original charcoal drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French Artist and Illustrator Ray Lambert (1889-1976).
Of shoulders with its powerful spread wings and its characteristic beak the vautour pape is portrayed with a very fresh and fluid line, sign of a talented hand. The title is hand-written in pencil on higher right margin, the signature is printed with a black ink stamp under the image on the lower left.
In excellent conditions, except for two ring holes on the higher margin and some pencil stains on the edges, this modern artworks preserves his beauty.
The subject of this original drawing is the royal vulture, also known as Sarcoramphus papa, a great bird of Central and South America. This bird lives mainly in the lowland tropical forests that extend from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, although some think that the "painted vulture" described by William Bartram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Monte Carlo - Art