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Woman seated with a mirror

Maker

Forgery in the manner of
Paul César Helleu (artist)
1859-1927

Title

Woman seated with a mirror

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black, red and white chalk, the latter applied as bodycolour, with grey-brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 38.2 cm
Width: 52.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4426

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, false signature: “a Lepere Helleu”; lower right edge, graphite, unclear: “L+xx [?]”.

Collector's mark: none.

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