Signed lower right, "M. Mouly" for Marcel Mouly (French, 1918-2008). Inscribed lower left with number and limitation, '120/300'. Previously with: South West Gallery, Southfield, Michigan (from Certificate of Authenticity) Sheet dimensions: 14.75 H x 21.5 W inches The last living student of Picasso and a protégé of Fernand Leger and the sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, Marcel Mouly was a towering figure in the second generation of the School of Paris. A friend and follower of Braque, he was also influenced by Matisse in his Fauve use of color. Mouly first exhibited in Paris in 1935, after initially studying at the French Academies and, in 1943, he had his first showing of two paintings at the Salon d'Automne. His first public one-person show was in 1949 at the Libraire Bergamasque in Paris. Over the course of a long career, Mouly exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. His works are held in the permanent collections of over twenty national museums, including the Musee Nationale d'Art Modern in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Japan, the Museum of Geneva, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the Los Angeles County Museum, among others. Among his notable decorations, he was, in 1957, invested as Chevalier of the Ordre des Artes et Lettres and, in 1973, was awarded the Premier Prix de Lithographie.