ANDRÉ MARTIN-GAUTHEREAU (1883 - 1918) The Samurai, 1905 Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1905 lower right On the back, on the stretcher, a damaged label "Exhibition of French Art, 1917, Barcelona" and a label numbered "3". 140.5 x 114.5 cm Note: The Exposition d'Art Français was an art exhibition held from 23 April to 1 July 1917 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, Spain. Organised by Ambroise Vollard, it presented 1,458 Impressionist, Symbolist and Fauvist works from the grouping of Parisian Salons interrupted by the First World War, including the Salon d'Automne.