[Literature & Art] Pascin, Jules [Pinkas, Julius]. (1885 - 1930). Woman and Child on bench. Original watercolor and pencil on paper by the Bulgarian-born American painter, active in France, the "Prince of Montparnasse," strongly identified with the Modernist movement, who struggled with depression and alcoholism and committed suicide at the age of 45. Ernest Hemingway's chapter titled "With Pascin At the Dôme", in A Moveable Feast, recounted a night in 1923 when he had stopped off at Le Dôme and met Pascin escorted by two models.

The present work depicts and woman and child on a bench. The woman appears to wear a Middle Eastern headscarf, suggesting the work may have been accomplished during Pascin's visit to Tunis in 1921. Stamped by the estate, lower right. Sight size: 4"h x 5-1/2"w; matted and framed to 10 x 8.25 inches.