Both are gouache on paper, unsigned, one depicting a woman with letter and the second work featuring a figure seated before a streetscape, each matted and framed under glass.

SS 10.25 x 14 in.; DOA 16 x 20 in. (both)

By descent through the family of Mathieu Rosianu (French, 1897-1969)

Born in Bucharest, Rosianu moved to Paris in 1918 where he studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. He was immeasurably influenced by the work of Cezanne and the cubists active in Paris in the 1920s. By 1930 he was an active member of the Communist Party and advocated openly from the Association of Writers and Revolutionary Artists.

Rosianu later distanced himself from his revolutionary leanings and enjoyed a successful commercial career designing wallpapers and fabrics under the pseudonym Emile Arbor.

The figure with streetscape with extensive mildewing; the woman with letter in good estate condition; neither examined out of the frame.