Le Fumeur Menard A delicate port scene capturing

A delicate port scene capturing the quiet stillness of a moored boat resting beneath the quays

Materials: Oil on a wooden panel with a plastic and wood frame

Condition: The canvas is in good condition

Returning to Switzerland

gentleness and a captivating technical mastery

Le Fumeur Menard A delicate port scene capturing20th century oil on canvas, signed lower right Marie Madeleine Masson (19011977). A label affixed to the lower edge of the frame gives the title Le Fumeur (The Smoker) and the date 1939. A moody and singular portrait, this bust length depiction presents a male figure in three quarter view, his face tilted downward. He wears round glasses, and only the head is fully worked. The face is constructed in fractured planes of color, greens, ochres, muted