Lithographie N°8, executed in 1958, stands as a commanding example of Pierre Soulages at the height of his engagement with the lithographic medium. Printed in colours and numbered 183 from an edition of 250, the work channels the artist's signature investigation into light, weight, and material presence through bold gestural forms that assert themselves against the sheet with characteristic authority. Soulages brings to printmaking the same rigorous visual intelligence that defined his paintings of the period, treating the lithographic surface not as a reproductive tool but as a primary site of artistic invention. At 75.5 by 56 centimetres, the composition carries genuine physical presence, its scale reinforcing the sense of monumental energy compressed into a work on paper. The interplay between dark, sweeping passages and the luminous intervals between them demonstrates Soulages's foundational conviction that darkness does not absorb light so much as transform it, a preoccupation that would eventually culminate in his celebrated outrenoir practice decades later. Signed by the artist in the lower right, the work carries both the authentication of his hand and the historical weight of a pivotal moment in postwar European abstraction. For collectors, this lithograph represents a rare opportunity to acquire a signed, numbered work from a formative chapter in Soulages's career, when his visual language was fully articulated yet still evolving. Works from this period document a dialogue between the painter's instinct and the demands of a medium that rewards precision and restraint in equal measure. Currently offered through Digard Auction, the piece is unframed, allowing the collector full freedom in its presentation.