54. Etienne Nasreddine Dinet (Paris 1861-1929) Tête d'enfant, profil droit, regardant vers le bas ; Tête d'homme de profil ; Tête de jeune fille, tournée vers la droite les trois encadré ensemble, l'un du centre : signé 'E. DINET' (en bas à gauche) pierre noire, gouache et huile sur carton beige three framed as one, one signed 'E. DINET' (lower left) black chalk, gouache and oil on brown cardboard 25 x 17.2cm (9 13/16 x 6 3/4in); 31.6 x 18.1cm (12 7/16 x 7 1/8in); 24.7 x 16.4cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/16in) Provenance Private Collection, France, since 1950 Literature Denise Brahimi & Koudir Benchikou, La Vie et l'œuvre de Étienne Dinet, Paris, 1991, p. 193, n. 143, ill., p. 284, n. 536, ill., p. 254, n. 404 The lot is offered with the three original certificates issued by the Expert Lynne Thornton, who examined the works on 12 January 1981. The Study of the Old man in the centre is a preparatory study for the painting La marche silencieuse (La procession), painted by the artist in 1917 (see Literature, p. 254, n. 403, ill.); the Study of young girl on the right is a preparatory study forone of the young ladies in the Jour de fête (see Literature, p. 193, n. 142, ill.).