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Original François Marie Lucet “Penguins, with Magritte Image” Monumental Oil on Canvas USA 2019

Approximately 96" Long × 27 1/2" High × 1 1/8"Deep.

This extraordinary panoramic composition depicts a densely gathered colony of penguins with four enigmatic, dark-clad bowler-hatted figures in the foreground, creating a striking surreal juxtaposition.

Signed and dated on the reverse: Mon Chapo Milon? Francois Lucet January 2019.

Canvas stretched over a substantial wood stretcher with multiple vertical and corner braces.

Provenance / Documentation: Accompanied by a July 10, 2019 invoice issued and personally signed by François Lucet. The artist's invoice specifically identifies this work as “Large oil canvas of the Penguins, with Magritte image” and records a price of $18,000. The same invoice documents a second Lucet penguin painting and records a total transaction of $24,000.

The artist's own description establishes the intended Magritte reference in the composition. The reverse inscription appears to reference chapeau melon, the French term for a bowler/derby hat, corresponding to the distinctive hats worn by the foreground figures.

François Marie Lucet (French, b. 1946) is a French-born painter whose work includes oil, acrylic and mixed-media compositions. His paintings range from modernist and surreal imagery to whimsical figurative subjects. His work has appeared on the secondary auction market, including an oil from the Montparnasse Series formerly in the collection of Paul Gregory and Janet Gaynor.

Excellent condition. Presented in very good overall condition based on visual inspection. Please review photographs carefully for surface and edge condition consistent with age, display and handling.