François-Louis SCHMIED (Switzerland-France / 1873-1941) Le Bal Doudou, Fort de France, Martinique, circa 1933 Tempera on paper mounted on cardboard 50.5 x 50.5 cm; with frame 55 x 54 cm Provenance : - Sale of a group of works by François-Louis Schmied, Maître Georges Pillas, Paris, Drouot, April 30, 1975, lot 93 (the present work illustrated, and the sheet mentioning 'signed lower right and dated 1933', since illegible, trace lower right). - Private collection. Exhibition: - Paris, Pavillon de Marsan (107 rue de Rivoli), Compagnie des Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, January 1934, no. 6 (the present work mentioned).

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