Lot 67165: PHILIPPE-MARIE PICARD (French, 1915-1997) Nature

PHILIPPE-MARIE PICARD (French, 1915-1997) Nature morte (Still Life with Fruit and Candle), c. 1959 Oil on canvas 13 x 18 inches (33.0 x 45.7 cm) Signed lower right: Ph. M. Picard PROVENANCE: Private collection. EXHIBITED: Galerie Claude Levin, Paris, June 29, 1959 (label verso). n.b. On the occasion of this exhibition, Picard was presented with the Silver Medal of the City of Paris by Pierre Taittinger, Vice President of the Consul General of the Seine, Municipal Advisor of the City of Paris, and Member of the Commission for the Fine Arts (invitation preserved verso).