Lot 142
  • 142

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse

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Description

  • Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
  • Two Ballerinas
  • signed Pierre Carrier-Belleuse and dated 1893 (lower right)
  • pastel on paper
  • 48 by 72 in.
  • 121.9 by 182.9 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, New York (acquired circa 1955)
Hammer Galleries, New York

Exhibited

New York, Hammer Galleries, The Gallery Collection 2003, February 4-March 2, 2002
New York, Hammer Galleries, La Femme Eternelle: 19th and 20th Century European Collection, January 10 - February 19, 2005

Catalogue Note

For further information on the origins of the game of Knucklebones being played by these ballerinas, see lot 208.