Maurice LE SCOUEZEC (1881-1940). Pirogue in Madagascar. Oil on canvas (restorations, accidents). Height 89 cm - Width 148 cm Provenance: Pierre Petit collection, architect from the 1930s. Note: A native of Brittany, Maurice Le Scouëzec was, even before he became a painter, a true adventurer, finding it hard to stay in one place, traveling all over the world. This work is set around 1925, when he won a grant for French West Africa at the Salon de la Société Coloniale des Artistes Français. On his return, his work met with great success and critical acclaim.