Jean MESSAGIER (1920-1999): Rifle with buds. Oil on canvas. Titled and signed below. Countersigned and dated May 1970 on the back. 109 x 174 cm Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris (label on the back) Bibliography: Daniel Meiller - Claude Engelbach, Jean Messagier, Parcours d'un peintre de 1949 à 1979, Amiens, Maison de la Culture, 1979, p.37 We would like to thank Mr Elie Messagier for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the artist's catalogue raisonné currently in preparation.