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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
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
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.