Signed, this oil by Charles-Henri Contencin (1898–1955) shows the Barre des Écrins seen from above the Glacier Blanc, Massif des Écrins, France. Published in Peaks & Glaciers 2021, cat. p.43.

The mountains that form the Massif des Écrins rear up in the western French Alps, in a region known as the Dauphiné. Contencin returned to the area many times during his painting and climbing career, and the Écrins's peaks still offer spectacular climbing with a lighter footfall of visitors in the late summer season. The Glacier Blanc tumbles off the north-east face of the highest peak in the massif, the Barre des Écrins.

Collectors of Contencin's work and of Dauphiné/Massif des Écrins Alpine views will find this a fine companion piece to his Refuge Caron composition, both drawn from the same mountain range but different vantage points.