Raymond PEYNET (1908-1999) Lovers in Marseille. Felt pen on paper. Signed lower right. Dedicated "to the readers of Le Provençal, from the bottom of my heart". 20 x 26.5 cm (view). Minimal marks, paper slightly yellowed. In a frame under glass. Provenance: former Jean-René Laplayne collection. Jean-René Laplayne (real name Jean-Dominique Chiocca), was a journalist, editorial writer and former editor-in-chief of the Marseilles newspaper Le Provençal, then of La Corse from 1989. He had been writing poetry since his youth, and knew Aragon, Éluard and Joë Bousquet. LAPLAYNE also wrote for Cahiers du Sud, a literary magazine founded by the poet Jean Ballard.