It was not until he began on the red wine and cheese diet that he finally started to loose weight. His body shape changed from old Michel Simon to young Gabin, then to Mireille Mathieu. A couple of weeks later he was Edith Piaf.
In the end they used him as a flagpole on the local library where he could be seen waving the Tricolour on festive days.
This one is for 
Raoul Dufy - La Rue pavoisée - 1906 - Centre Pompidou