Guy de ROUGEMONT (1935-2021 )Ceiling B.F.C.E, 1978Oil on panel. Signed, dated and titled on the back. 191 x 131 cmThese two works were part of the decoration made for the ceiling of the headquarters of the Banque Française de Commerce Extérieur located 21 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8th . The initial decoration consisted of four panels. It was probably dismantled after 1996 when the BFCE was sold by mutual agreement to Crédit National.

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