Live Auction 1222819th Century European & Orientalist Art
Paul César Helleu (French, 1859-1927)
Lot 2 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Paul César Helleu (French, 1859-1927)

Portrait de Marthe Letellier au chapeau

Closed13 December 2016

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GBP 10,625

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Paul César Helleu (French, 1859-1927)
Portrait de Marthe Letellier au chapeau
signed 'Helleu' (lower right)
black, red chalk and white pastel on paper laid down on artist's prepared board
28 ¼ x 20 ¾ in. (71.8 x 52.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1890.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 September 2009, lot 29.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Marthe Latellier, née Fourton, was one of Helleu's favourite models.
The authenticity of this work, which was first given to Helleu by Paulette Howard-Johnston in 1985, has been confirmed by Frédérique de Watrigant on the basis of a photograph. The present work is registered in the archives of the Association Les Amis de Paul-César Helleu as DE-889.