JOSEPH PREZAMENT INK DRAWING, 1980

JOSEPH PREZAMENT (CANADIAN, 1923�1983) INK AND GRAPHITE ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED 1980 IN GRAPHITE LOWER LEFT. A FINE PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING A SEATED WOMAN ON A PARK BENCH EXECUTED WITH DETAILED HATCHING. 20 X 15 IN UNFRAMED. JOSEPH PREZAMENT WAS A MONTREAL-BASED PAINTER, PRINTMAKER, ILLUSTRATOR, AND EDUCATOR WHO STUDIED AT THE �COLE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTR�AL. AN ACTIVE FIGURE IN QUEBEC'S POST-WAR ART SCENE ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE RITA BRIANSKY, HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXPRESSIVE PORTRAITURE, LANDSCAPES, AND GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.