Mme. Marcil

Collection of Paul Duval, Toronto

Paul Duval, “René Marcil Drawings 1947-1980”, Stanton Press, Toronto, 1981, page 19, reproduced page 86

Paul Duval notes that “The Marcils returned to New York from Le Cannet early in 1951, and during the following year René executed the large series of pencil portraits and nudes of Evelyn. But in late 1951, René, restless as ever, returned to France, to St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat, leaving his wife behind to resume her career.”