ANDRÉ NIVARD (1880-1969) OFFICIAL PAINTER OF THE NAVY - PIERRE LAURENT (FORMER ASSOCIATE OF ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN) COLLABORATOR (FOR THE PATINA) Baigneuses créoles aux palmiers et aux bananiers (Creole bathers with palm and banana trees), 1938, painted for Mr. and Mr. X's apartment at 14 rue de Phalsbourg, Paris XVII. Two screens - one with four leaves, the other with three - from a large decorative wall panel originally in three parts. Painting and gold paint on a varnished background; the rear varnished on a rusty background. Feet in gold leaf. The two-panel assembly is not original. Signed on the right-hand leaf of the four-leaf folding screen. Each leaf: 175.5x50cm - Four-leaf folding screen: 175.5x200cm - Three-leaf folding screen: 175.5x150cm - Two folding screens combined: 175.5x350cm Please note: A copy of the photograph of the large panel from which our two screens are taken, signed by André Nivard and specifying the place and date of execution, will be given to the purchaser. Provenance and history: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. X., Paris, close relatives of the artist. Created especially for their apartment at 14 rue de Phalsbourg, Paris XVII, in 1938. When Mr. and Mrs. X. left this apartment many years later, considering their friendship with André Nivard and their attachment to this work, but unable to place it in their new home, they decided to divide the panel (initially in 3 parts) into 7 panels and mount it as a folding screen; this work was carried out by a professional.