Avati [Exhibition]

Avati [Exhibition] , 1963, by Poster Artist, Mario Avati (French, 1921-2009).
Screenprint, poster format, date in plate below image, 47.8 x 27.8cm. Minor foxing and creases, slight tears to upper and lower edges.
Text reads "Sagot-Le Garrec, 24 Rue du Four, Paris 6. Avati, manieres-noires & aquatintes. 8 Fevrier-2 Mars 1963."
The image of the pigeon was taken from one of Avati's mezzotints.
Mario Avati studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris along with Marc Chagall. He mastered the printing technique of mezzotint, and became the first engraver to win the Paris Prix des Critiques. Ref: Paris Review, no. 17, 1957.