Henri Puvrez (Brussels 1893 - Antwerp 1971), 'Mask,' polished black granite 33 x 16 x 18 cm, signed and dated bottom right ‘H. Puvrez 20’,  provenance: collection M. Crick, Brussels;  Art market, Brussels.  Bibliography: Avermaete R., Henri Puvrez – Monographiëen over Belgische Kunst, Antwerpen, De Sikkel, 1950, p. 9 and full page illustration 8. Exhibition catalogue Art Deco Belgique 1920-1940, Ixelles, Musée d’Ixelles, 6/10- 18/12/1988, p. 139 (ill) and cat. no 216 p. 250 (ill).
arly works by Puvrez always surprise us by their uncompromising modernism. This example is typical of the new works the artist made in the 1920’s, when he was exhibiting at Le Centaure.