René-Yves CRESTON (1898-1964) Inuit Women Oil on canvas, circa 1933 Signed and dated lower right. Wear and missing paint. 73 x 54.5 cm Youenn Drezen Collection René-Yves Creston embarked in 1933 aboard the legendary "Pourquoi-Pas". The purpose of this mission, led by Commandant Charcot, was to move the of the French polar mission, which had been installed the previous year on the east coast of Greenland and had been trapped in the ice for several months. Bibliography : -Michel Clément, "René-Yves Creston et la mer", ed. Musée de Saint-Brieuc, 1997 -Saphyr Creston, "René-Yves Creston, Seiz Breur artist and ethnologist", Ouest-France, 2023.

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