Henri Jean Guillaume Martin (French, 1860-1943) Deux femmes assises aupres d'une voiture d'enfant oil on canvas signed Henri Martin (lower right) 23 ½ x 25 ¾ inches. This lot will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne currently being prepared by Marie-Anne Destrebecq-Martin. Provenance: Sold: The Trosby Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida, February 4 - 5, 1969, Lot 37 (as The Governess in the Park) Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago Acquired directly from the above, March 1973 In 1935, Henri Martin was commissioned to create five canvas murals for the escalier d'honneur in the townhall of Paris's 5th arrondissement, on the Place du Pantheon. The large paintings depict everyday sights within the Luxembourg Gardens, located in the 6th arrondissement. Deux femmes assises aupres d'une voiture d'enfant, two women relaxing on bench with a baby carriage, is analogous to a scene in the Parisian murals. Property from the Miriam B. Swanson Trust, Chicago, Illinois