Gaston Ploquin, Roses in a glass vase (circa 1935)

GASTON PLOQUIN (Lyon, 1882-1970) Roses in a glass vase. Circa 1935. Oil on canvas. 65 X 81 cm. Signed bottom right: G. PLOQUIN Label bottom right: "H.C.", this is a label from an exhibition where Ploquin was "out of competition". A sublime still life of roses where the folds of the background are as beautiful as the flowers themselves. Tear in the canvas in the middle right, central stretcher bar cracked at the bottom.