Lot 1099: MARTIN-KAVEL DANS LA CHARMILLE O/C. Late 19th /early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Entitled in Dans la Charmille" on the frame. Francois Martin-Kavel (French, 1861-1931) is a listed artist who produced genre scenes, elegant pseudo-

MARTIN-KAVEL DANS LA CHARMILLE O/C. Late 19th /early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Entitled in Dans la Charmille" on the frame. Francois Martin-Kavel (French, 1861-1931) is a listed artist who produced genre scenes, elegant pseudo- portraits of idealized women, and still-life and floral paintings. His technique is superbly polished: very subtle tonal gradations and harmonious color lifts his art above the purely academic and his paintings become aesthetically idyllic. This image is of a woman in Rococo dress with a yellow and red rose attached to her bodice. A Raphaelesque dolphin fountain is in the background. The frame is an immense gilt wood construction with reticulated floral designs. Provenance: Allen Berkmann Estate, Pittsburgh, PA. Size: 25in h., 20in w., framed 39in h., 34in w. Condition: no visible defects to the painting; the artwork is sold as is with no qualitative claims made by Dargate regarding the frame or its condition.