James PICHETTE (1920-1996) Composition for Insult Rose, 1952 Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Misses and lifts. 41 x 80 cm A note from the artist lending the canvas for an exhibition dedicated to the art critic and writer Charles Estienne, Charles Estienne & l'Art à Paris 1945-1966 at the Centre national des Arts plastiques under the direction of Jean-Clarence Lambert is attached. PROVENANCE: Me Charbonneaux, sale 6 November 1983, lot 140.

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