Marcel Gromaire (1892-1971), Le sculpteur et le buste , 1929, oil on canvas, signed and dated, countersigned, countersigned and titled on verso 81x100 cm Certificate from François Gromaire and Françoise Chibret, 30 March 1990 Provenance: Girardin sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26.02.1954, no. 48, Galerie de la Présidence, Paris, 1990, Private collection, Switzerland, (acquired from previous provenance) Bibliography: Lionello Venturi, La peinture contemporaine, Hoepli, Milan, 1947, p. 196, Marcel Zahar, Gromaire, P. Cailler, Geneva, 1961, no. 29, ill., François Gromaire, et al, Marcel Gromaire. La vie et l'œuvre: Catalogue raisonné des peintures, La Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1993, p. 130, no. 300, ill. On verso: labels from the Exposition d'art français contemporain, 1936, Musée de la Ville The Hague, Société Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Bernheim-Jeune, exhibition Very good condition Slight wear around the edges of the frame No damage or traces of restoration have been noted on this work, which is magnificently preserved. Inscriptions on the reverse probably mentioning provenance Condition: very good Wear: slight edge wear at frame contact Damage/Restoration: none observed, work superbly preserved