Paul César Helleu
L'Enigme (The Enigma)
Ca. 1900
Montesquiou XLIII
Drypoint
24 13/16 x 17 11/16 in. (63.0 x 45.0 cm)
$4,000
A superb impression on wove paper with full margins. Signed and dedicated to the model for this plate, Madame Chéruit, in pencil. Madame Chéruit was a fashion designer and the subject of a number of Helleu's portraits.
Literature:
R. de Montesquiou, 'Paul Helleu, Peintre et Graveur', Paris, 1913.
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