“Nature morte au plumier - Pencil box still life” 1970 – Dimensions 40x30cm Framed 53.5x44cm
Oil painting on cardboard signed « CH » on bottom right part. Situated in “Avignon” (south east France very close to Italy), dated “12-12-1970” and resigned with initial “H”. The artist had the habit to title and date precisely as this on the back part of the painting. Provenance : French private collection (Bordeaux city). Howard wrote he liked "to recall shapes and relations of things which are common to all mankind." This work made in Avignon city, could be an Hommage to the world famous Picasso of the Demoiselles of Avignon of 1907. In 1970, Howard retired and moved to Bagni di Lucca, Italy,