31. 31AR MARCEL GROMAIRE (1892-1971) Torso with Necklace signed 'Gromaire' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'Gromaire Torse au Collier 1938'(on reverse) oil on canvas Painted in 1938 55 x 46 cm. Provenance Albert Sarraut Collection, France. Ida and Maurice Garnier, France. Private collection, France. Exhibition Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville, Marcel Gromaire, 12 June - 28 September 1980, no. 122. Bibliography G. Besson, Gromaire, Paris, 1947, no. 27, (illustrated np.). F. Gromaire, F. Chibret-Plaussu, Marcel Gromaire, la vie et l'œuvre, catalogue raisonné des peintures, Paris, 1993, no. 491 (illustrated p. 183).