Philippe Dereux (1918-2001) Melancholy, Villeurbanne, September 1974 Oil, gouache and mixed media on paper Signed with the monogram lower left Dated lower right Dated, titled and annotated on the back 65 x 44.5 cm Provenance : - Galerie Béatrice Soulié, Marseille - Acquired from the latter by the current owner Exhibitions : - Beaufort-en-Anjou, Musée Joseph Denais, "Joseph et moi, un portrait croisé de collectionneurs", 9 July - 2 November 2011, reproduced in the exhibition catalogue - Paris, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, la maison rouge, "Le mur, collection Antoine de Galbert",14 June - 21 September 2014, reproduced in the exhibition catalogue