oil on board
33 x 25.5 cm (13 x 10 in.)
signed lower right

We are grateful to Marie-Lize Gall of Comité François Gall for providing her opinion of authenticity and her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

LOT NOTES
The present painting belongs to a series of paintings made by Gall depicting women — often his daughters or wife Eugénie, as here, seated before mirrors. A comparable work, entitled La coiffeuse au bouquet, is illustrated in Robert Vrinat, François Gall (Collection de l'Actualité Artistique Internationale, 1953). This painting cycle was exhibited at Galerie Durand Ruel in Paris (1949), and later in Stockholm and New York (1953), Gall's first show in the United States. Pictured on the cover of that first American exhibition and behind François and Eugénie in a photograph of the couple at the show are other works from the series (please refer to the additional images for reference).

CONDITION
Observed in frame, the work is in overall excellent original condition. Beyond overall surface dirt, no significant issues to report. Inspection under UV light shows an even layer of varnish; no apparent signs of restoration.

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