Marc Du Plantier, Two painted panels

Marc Du Plantier (1901-1975)

Two painted pannels
Circa 1936

Two painted panels depicting, in a refined geometric setting, a fortune teller addressing three women and a naked man, a self-portrait of Marc Du Plantier.
The left panel is signed ‘Marc Du Plantier’ and dated ‘1936’ in the lower left corner of the decor.
These works come from the exceptional painted décor that adorned the dining room of Marc du Plantier’s Parisian apartment, created by his own hand around 1936.

Left panel :
Height 211,5 cm (83 1⁄4 in) - Width 200,5 cm (79 in)

Right panel :
Height 206 cm (81 1⁄8 in) - Width 133 cm (52 3⁄8 in)

Provenance :
- Dining room in Marc Du Plantier’s apartment, Rue du Belvédère, Boulogne - Billancourt.
- Private collection of Léo Castelli, prominent contemporary art dealer, France.
- Thence by descent.
- Acquired from the above by the gallery Chastel-Maréchal.

Literature :
- « Les Décorateurs des années 40 », our panels reproduced p. 184
- « Marc Du Plantier », Yves Badetz, éd. Norma, Paris, 2010, our panels reproduced p. 98, 394.