Lot 250
  • 250

Paul-César Helleu French, 1859-1927

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Description

  • Paul-César Helleu
  • Elegante au Chapeau
  • signed Helleu l.l.
  • sanguine and black chalk on paper

  • 55 by 44.5cm., 21½ by 17½in.

Condition

Executed on light grey wove paper. The sheet is sound with no signs of any damages or tears. There are a few spots of time-staining to the lower part of the sheet underneath the actual composition, notably towards the lower left corner, otherwise the work is overall in good condition. Held under glass in a decorative plaster moulded gilt frame with clean mounts. Unexamined out of the frame.
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