Antoine MALIARAKIS dit Mayo (Égypte, 1905-1990) Tu causes, tu causes Oil on cardboard 73 x 100 cm painted in 1949 signed and dated lower right "Mayo 20.9.49". Titled, located and dated "A. 196 Tu causes, tu causes Mayo Paris 49" on reverse, with studio sale labels "Marc OTTAVI, EXPERTISE, lot 86" on back. *** Oil on cardboard painted in 1949 signed and dated at the bottom right "Mayo 20.9.49" Titled, located, and dated "A. 196 Tu causes, tu causes Mayo Paris 49" on the reverse, with labels from the studio sale "Marc OTTAVI, EXPERTISE, lot 86" on the back Private collection, Paris Mayo studio sale, Yann Le Mouel, 16/05/2003, n°86. Expert: Cabinet Marc OTTAVI. Bibliography : Evelyne Yeatman-Eiffel, Antoine Maliarkis dit Mayo, 2012, reproduced p.120

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