Georges MATHIEU (1921-2012). Composition for Dante Bernardi, 1955. Gouache on greige paper signed, dated and dedicated lower right: Pour Dante Bernardi / en toute amitié / Mathieu / 55 (wetness towards bottom). Sight: Height : 50 cm - Width : 63 cm A certificate from the Archives "Archives Jean-Marie Cusinberche sur Georges Mathieu" will be given to the purchaser. Provenance : Dante Bernardi Collection, Paris, then by descent. Bibliography: This work is referenced in the Supplement to "Archives Jean-Marie Cusinberche sur Georges Mathieu". Dante Bernardi, a friend of Georges Mathieu's and a film decorator, lent him his large studio in the Pathé Cinéma studios on rue Marcadet, so that Mathieu could paint his largest canvases there. It was here, in 1954, that Mathieu painted The Battle of Bouvines, now in the Musée National d'Art Moderne, and, in 1956, Coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III, now in the Krannert Art Museum, Illinois. Appraisal by Marc OTTAVI - 01 42 46 85 18