Georges Plasse (French, 1878-1948). "Chiffres et bateau a la mer, le coucher du soleil". Oil on canvas. 1921. Signed and dated, lower right. Good condition; some paint flaking lower right. Image size: 26 x 32 in. (660 x 813 mm). Plasse, a painter/printmaker, studied in Paris with Ferdinand-Anne Piestre Cormon, Paul Thomas, and Marcel Andre Baschet. He became one of the "Artistes Français", in 1907 exhibiting at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuilleries, where he received several awards. In the early 1920's Plasse traveled briefly to the United States, visiting NYC and then journeying out West. [27891-10-1200]