Zadkine, Ossip. Poster for the exhibition on the occasion of the book's release: Portrait de L’Oiseau-Qui-N’Existe-Pas. [Portrait of the Bird-That-Does-Not-Exist]. [In French] Paris: Galerie René Kieffer, 1966.

Zadkine, Ossip. Poster for an exhibition timed to coincide with the publication of the book: Portrait de L’Oiseau-Qui-N’Existe-Pas. [Portrait of the Bird-That-Does-Not-Exist]. [In French.] Paris: Galerie René Kieffer, 1966. 1 sheet. 48.5×64.5 cm. Ossip Alexeevich Zadkine (Ossip Zadkine; 1890-1967) was a sculptor, graphic artist, and applied arts artist; a representative of the Paris School. He studied at a trade school in Vitebsk and took drawing lessons from Y.M. Pen. In 1909, he moved to Paris, where he settled in the La Ruche ("The Beehive") district on Montparnasse. From 1912 to 1914, he was a regular visitor to the salon of Baroness Ettingen and the Café de la Rotonde, where he met many representatives of Parisian artistic life. His early work is characterized by a fascination with primitive art, a phase many masters of the Paris School went through. In the late 1910s and 1920s, he turned to Cubism. Subsequently, without being tied to any specific artistic associations or movements, he successfully incorporated techniques from Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism into his work, combining them with various historical styles.