Mario Prassinos (Constantinople, 1916 - Avignon, 1985) The Church or Sadness of Bellies, 1934 - 1935 Oil on panel Signed and dated lower left "1934 Jean Mario Prassinos 1935". Titled lower left "Tristesse des ventres" ("Sadness of Bellies") Sketched and annotated on the back "commencé septembre 1934" ("Beginning of September 1934") 60.5 x 100 cm Provenance : - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Aix-en-Provence, Cloître Saint-Louis, "Prassinos. Rétrospective de l'œuvre peint et dessiné. Présence contemporaine", 12 July - 28 August 1983, reproduced in the catalogue pp. 22 and 23 Bibliography : - C. Prassinos, T. Rye, "Correspondance d'Henri Parisot avec Gisèle et Mario Prassinos 1933-1938", Ed. Gallimard, Paris, 2003, described in the catalogue p. 60 - C. Prassinos, T. Rye , "Mario Prassinos", Ed. Actes Sud, Arles, 2005, reproduced in the catalogue p. 29 - C. Prassinos, T. Rye, "Catalogue raisonné de la Donation Prassinos", Ed. de la FMP Donation Prassinos, 1990, reproduced in the catalogue p. 127 A certificate of authenticity from Madame Catherine Prassinos will be given to the buyer.