Artist: Louis Marcoussis (Polish/French, 1878 - 1941).
Title: "Nature morte avec visage".
Medium: Gouache and pencil drawing on paper.
Date: 1924-1925.
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Painted on cream wove paper. Good condition; a few small losses in the image and on the edges; tape remains and minor foxing verso; presents very well. Overall size: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (235 x 190 mm). Comparable gouache and pencil drawing on paper compositions by Marcoussis sell at auction for substantially more than our modest pre-sale estimates. He revisited the essence of this composition several times during his career, our example being perhaps preliminary to a more finished work. Marcoussis, formerly Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus or Ludwig Casimir Ladislas Markus, was a painter and printmaker of Polish origin who lived in Paris for much of his life and later became a French citizen. The present drawing being offered in our auction is no longer copyrighted and the image is in the public domain. [29895-1-8000]

Good condition; a few small losses in the image and on the edges; tape remains and minor foxing verso; presents very well