Oil On Panel, Scene In Casamance Among The Flops, 1962, By Jacques De Saint-seine

Oil on hardboard depicting a lively scene in Africa’s Casamance region. The composition shows a village of huts ablaze—the village of the Flops—set against a tropical landscape, with numerous figures engaged in a scene of confrontation.
The composition is built in several planes that structure the space and focus the subject on the massacre.
The work is not signed on the front, but the back retains an old handwritten label that is particularly informative, indicating:
– “Local incidents among the Floups of Cabrousse – winter of 1962”
– “Oussouye District – Casamance Region”
– “Oil painting by Jacques de Saint-Seine, painter”
This label identifies the subject, the precise location, and the artist, and dates the work to the early 1960s.
Jacques de Saint-Seine (1897–1972) was a French painter known for his scenes created during his stays in Africa.
Work presented in its wooden frame.

Condition: good overall condition. A small central hole in the hardboard should be noted.
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Signature: None on the front. Label on the back with the artist’s name, “Jacques de Saint-Seine.”
Back label includes title, location, date, and artist’s name.
Dated “1962” on the back of the label.

Dimensions:
Panel: Width 73 x height 54.5 cm.
Frame: Width 77.5 x height 59.7 cm.


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