André PLANSON (1898-1981). "Blonde Nude on a Sofa". Oil on canvas signed lower right and titled on the back (canvas slightly warped). Bears on the back a label from Galerie des Granges in Geneva and the name of one of its owners, an art collector, Akram Ojjeh in Paris. Height 56.5 cm - Width 52.5 cm Note: a painter of Poetic Reality, he trained at the Académie Ranson in Paris and made friends with Roland Oudot, Maurice Brianchon, Christian Caillard, Roger Limouse and Raymond Legueult. Sensitive to feminine beauty, he painted nudes, portraits, theater and café scenes. He finds his inspiration mainly in the Marne valley, but also in Brittany and Provence. He exhibited at the Galerie Bernier for many years, while at the same time receiving several state commissions, notably for the Palais de Chaillot, the Lycée d'Enghien, the Lycée Louis Legrand, the Institut Français in Athens... At the same time, he took part in decorating the liners "Antilles", "Champagne" and "France" between 1952 and 1966. A retrospective at the Musée Rath in Geneva in 1952 and an exhibition at the Musée Galliera in Paris in 1960 were dedicated to him. A museum bearing his name and exhibiting his works opens in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, his birthplace.