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Jules Chéret

Pierrot et Columbine

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October 7, 02:22 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Jules Chéret

1836 - 1932

Pierrot et Columbine

signed JChéret and dated 1908 (lower right)

oil on canvas

60.3 by 125.3cm., 23¾ by 49¼in.

Framed: 73.3 by 138cm., 28⅞ by 54¼in.

Painted in 1908.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Monsieur Pierre Blanchet.

Galerie Bailly, Geneva & Paris (sold: Sotheby's, New York, 16th February 1994, lot 202)

Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills (purchased at the above sale)

Private Collection, Japan (acquired in the 1990s)

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2021

This work was one of the works the artist chose to live with. It was hung at his home in Nice.