JEAN MESSAGIER

JEAN MESSAGIER
(Paris 1920–1999 Montbéliard)Nature morte au buste. 1941.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated lower left: J. Messagier. 41.
Verso entitled, dated and signed: Nature morte au buste / Sept Oct. 41 / J. Messagier.55 × 65 cm.Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.

The canvas is unlined. Some loss of pigment in places, as well as small perforation of the canvas in the lower part. The canvas buckled. The lateral edges with tears near the mount on the stretcher. Light craquelure. No retouching visible under UV light. Unframed.