Maurice Charpentier-Mio (1881-1976) The smile of the sad stones Medallion in natural wood Signed and dated " M. CHARPENTIER-MIO XII-44 ", bears the artist's monogram and titled " LE SOURIRE DES PIERROTS TRISTES " on the circumference Diam. 7,4 cm Provenance: Sale "Atelier Maurice Charpentier-Mio (1881-1976)" by masters Henry Martin and François Branger, 13 March 1985, Angers, lot 10 The artist is probably referring to the unlucky and introverted character Petrushka (Pierrot in Russian) in the Russian Ballet staged by Stravinsky and Fokine at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1911.