Louis MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941). "Character II", 1930. Oil on canvas signed and dated lower right (minor restorations). Height : 41 cm - Width : 33 cm Provenance : - from sculptor and collector Édouard Saint Paul ; - by succession, private collection of a member of the collector's collective La Peau du Chat, then by descent. Bibliography: Jean Lafranchis. Louis Marcoussis, sa vie, son oeuvre. Catalog complet des peintures, fixés sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures. Éditions du Temps, Paris, 1961. Reproduced on page 205. Note: Polish painter Louis Marcoussis, whose real name was Ludwik Kazimierz Markous, moved to Paris in 1903 thanks to his father's savings. He adopted the pseudonym Marcoussis on the advice of Guillaume Apollinaire. Apollinaire introduced him to Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. It was from this meeting that he embraced cubism, adopting the movement's repertoire of forms.