Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists Featuring the Collection of Virginia and Stuart Peltz
Auction: December 5, 2021 2:00:00 PM EDT
Signed 'Bemelmans' bottom right; also pencil titled verso, mixed media on paper laid down to board
27 1/8 x 39 5/8 in. (68.9 x 101.6cm)
Executed in 1954.
Provenance
Hammer Galleries, New York, New York.
Acquired directly from the above.
Private Collection, Florida.
Note
Marcel Achard was a popular French playwright and director during the interwar period. Known for his humour and playfulness, he directed a number of poetic plays centered around the notions of love, naïveté and gentle sarcasm.