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Parisian Street Scene
, 1945
31.1 x 40.6 cm (h x w)
Pencil on paper
© Maurice Blond estate
Blond was inspired by Paris and regularly depicted it in his work. This sketch, made the year after the Liberation, shows a typical Parisian street scene and the continuity of everyday life following this period of turmoil.