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PAUL CÉSAR HELLEU La Visage encadré, Madame Helleu.
Color drypoint, circa 1900. 278x400 mm; 10 7/8x15 3/4 inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower left. A very good impression of this scarce print.
A portrait of Helleu's (1859-1927) wife, Alice Guérin (1870-1933) whom he met painting a portrait commission of her in 1884. They fell in love and married two years later; throughout their lives together she was Helleu's favorite model and muse. Montesquiou 42.
