54. Etienne Nasreddine Dinet (Paris 1861-1929) Child's head, right profile, looking down ; Man's head in profile ; Girl's head, turned to the right all three framed together, one in the centre: signed 'E. DINET' (lower left) black stone, gouache and oil on beige cardboard three framed as one, one signed 'E. DINET' (lower left) black chalk, gouache and oil on brown cardboard 25 x 17.2cm (9 13/16 x 6 3/4in); 31.6 x 18.1cm (12 7/16 x 7 1/8in); 24.7 x 16.4cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/16in) Provenance Private Collection, France, since 1950 Literature Denise Brahimi & Koudir Benchikou, La Vie et l'œuvre de Étienne Dinet, Paris, 1991, p. 193, n. 143, ill. p. 284, n. 536, ill. p. 254, n. 404 The lot is offered with the three original certificates issued by the Expert Lynne Thornton, who examined the works on 12 January 1981. The Study of the Old man in the centre is a preparatory study for the painting La marche silencieuse (La procession), painted by the artist in 1917 (see Literature, p. 254, n. 403, ill.); the Study of young girl on the right is a preparatory study forone of the young ladies in the Jour de fête (see Literature, p. 193, n. 142, ill.).