Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (b. 1935)
Au bois
signed 'CASSIGNEUL.' (lower left); signed again, titled and inscribed 'CASSIGNEUL "Au bois" 31 rue Raynouard Paris 16o' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
77 x 51 3/8 in. (195.3 x 130.5 cm.)
Painted in 1963
Provenance
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Hollywood; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 1995, lot 119. Anon. sale, Shinwa Auction Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 17 November 2012, lot 59. Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2013, lot 245. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Sorlier and J.-F. Josselin, intros., Cassigneul, Nice, 1983, p. 21 (illustrated, fig. 9).