Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) Conversation in a garden (The two bathers), 1943 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 60 x 73 cm Provenance : - Sale Paris, Etude Loudmer, Poulain, Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Hôtel Drouot, 17 October 1972, lot 49 - Acquired from the latter by the father of the current owners - Passed down through the family - Private collection, Paris Bibliography: Cahiers d'art, 1940-1944, 15th-19th year, reproduced p.277 This work is registered in Bozena Nikiel's online Catalogue raisonné Jean Metzinger under n°AM-43-001. This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Jean Metzinger currently being prepared by the Metzinger Committee (M. Ottavi, M. Mielniczuk and R. Maket). A certificate of authenticity from Mrs Bozena Nikiel and Mr Alain Clairet dated 1 February 1990 will be given to the buyer. Note: From 1939 to 1943, Jean Metzinger and Suzanne Phocas left Paris to settle in Bandol in the south of France. The seaside was a source of inspiration for many of their works. Some of them are located there, such as "Passage à Sanary" dating from 1942, which was recently exhibited in Paris.