Toshio BANDO (1895-1973) The Cat in Front of the Henhouse, 1926 Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. (Soiling. Two small dents.) 27 x 22 cm Provenance : - Galerie Chéron, Paris (fragment of label on stretcher). - Private collection, Paris. The work could correspond in the artist's billbill to no. 231, "Courtyard with [poulaillier] [sic] and washerwoman" or no. 291, "Cour de derrière avec chatte et poule".