Lot 313: Gustave Alaux painting (French, 1887-1965),

Gustave Alaux painting (French, 1887-1965), "Surcouf a Saintmalo", French fleet of ships on the English Channel at the city of Saintmalo, signed lower left "Gustave Alaux [anchor]", signed and titled on stretcher, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.; painted wood composition frame; lot accompanied by Jean de la Varende, Surcouf Corsaire, illustrated by Gustave Aloux, 1946, Etienne Marcus, Editor, Paris. Original stretcher and tacking edge, minor cupping, crackle; frame with abrasions. Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina