Lucebert (1924–1994) – Early CoBrA – Ink & watercolour on paper, signed
Rare early Lucebert Work, Signed, 1949
Expressive figurative work in ink and watercolour, strongly aligned with Lucebert’s early CoBrA language: raw gestural washes, nervous black linework, and an intense, psychologically charged face built from rhythmic hatch marks. The palette (indigo/violet against warm flesh tones) and the deliberately “unfinished” atmospheric background are typical of the spontaneous, anti-academic CoBrA sensibility.
The reclining figure holds a cross-like form, introducing religious symbolism —an element often present in post-war European expressionism, where faith, suffering, and the body collide in direct, unidealized imagery.
Signed vertically in the margin (see photos). Strong visual presence; collectible example of CoBrA-adjacent figurative work on paper.