Description: Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Oil on canvas painting of a couple sleeping on a beach. View measures 19-3/4" x 25-3/4" in a 25" x 30-1/2" frame. Signed "P. Villain" at lower right. Strongly rooted in European Social Realism, Villain's work shows influence by Robert Henri and George Bellows, and bears a resemblance to work by his contemporaries, Moses and Raphael Soyer. Several of his pre-war works are in today's sale.