HERVÉ DI ROSA (b. 1959) ILS AIMENT LES COQUILLAGES, 1987 Acrylic and oil on canvas Signed and dated '87' lower center Inscribed, titled and dated on back Acrylic and oil on canvas; signed and dated '87' lower middle; signed, titled and dated on the reverse 100 X 100 CM - 39 3/8 X 39 3/8 IN. PROVENANCE Krief Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Paris Acquired from the latter by the current owner EXHIBITION San Francisco, Wolf Schulz Gallery, The Di Rosa Brother's, 1988, reproduced in the exhibition catalog (n.p.) BIBLIOGRAPHY Otto Hahm, Hervé & Richard Di Rosa, Les Presses du Languedoc, Éditions de Paris, reproduced p. 125

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